Loxocemus
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Loxocemus bicolor,[4] the sole member of the monotypic family Loxocemidae[5] and commonly known as the Mexican python,[5] Mexican burrowing python[6] and Mexican burrowing snake, is a species of python-like snake found in Mexico and Central America. No subspecies are currently recognized.[7] Analyses of DNA show that Loxocemus is most closely related to the true pythons and the sunbeam snakes.[8][9]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Loxocemidae Cope, 1861 |
Genus: | Loxocemus Cope, 1861 |
Species: | L. bicolor |
Binomial name | |
Loxocemus bicolor Cope, 1861 | |
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