[FMNH Amphibians and Reptiles 235170] Xenophidion acanthognathus - Incorrect family

[amdurso]

Placement of Xenophidion within Tropidophiidae has been refuted; genus is now considered to be in its own family Xenophidiidae or within Bolyeriidae, but molecular evidence shows wide separation from Tropidophiidae. See:

Lawson, R., J. B. Slowinski & F. T. Burbrink. 2004. A molecular approach to discerning the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic snake Xenophidion schaeferi among the Alethinophidia. Journal of Zoology 263:285-294

Figueroa, A., A. D. McKelvy, L. L. Grismer, C. D. Bell, and S. P. Lailvaux. 2016. A species-level phylogeny of extant snakes with description of a new colubrid subfamily and genus. PLoS ONE 11:e0161070

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You can view the original detail page on VertNet. Here are the original record contents:

Term	Value
InstitutionCode	FMNH
CollectionCode	Amphibians and Reptiles
OwnerInstitutionCode	FMNH
References	http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/amphibians-and-reptiles?id=0c5dbbb7-0ee5-45a2-8630-a4b899080971
BibliographicCitation	Field Museum of Natural History. Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Amphibian and Reptile Collection. Record ID: 0c5dbbb7-0ee5-45a2-8630-a4b899080971. Source: http://fmipt.fieldmuseum.org:8080/ipt/resource.do?r=fmnh_herps (source published on 2015-05-14)
BasisOfRecord	PreservedSpecimen
VNType	specimen
DCType	PhysicalObject
AccessRights	http://fieldmuseum.org/about/copyright-information
InstitutionID	FMNH
CollectionID	Amphibians and Reptiles
DatasetID	herps-14-may-2015
Modified	2015-3-11T11:25:21.000CMT
Language	English
OccurrenceID	0c5dbbb7-0ee5-45a2-8630-a4b899080971
CatalogNumber	235170
RecordNumber	RFI 40473
Sex	female
Continent	Asia
Country	Malaysia
StateProvince	Sabah
County	Sipitang Dist
VerbatimElevation	-
TypeStatus	holotype
ScientificName	Xenophidion acanthognathus
HigherClassification	Animalia Chordata Reptilia Serpentes Tropidophiidae
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Serpentes
Family	Tropidophiidae
Genus	Xenophidion
SpecificEpithet	acanthognathus
NomenclaturalCode	ICZN
UnderivedSex	Female

[tucotuco]

Following up on the bug that sent this issue to the wrong repository, @dbloom, can you move this issue to FMNH's repository. @amdurso We have fixed the bug that sent this issue to the wrong place. Thanks for submitting the issue.

[dbloom]

@amdurso @tucotuco This issue was moved to https://github.com/fmnh-vertnet/fmnh-herps/issues/32

Unfortunately there is no way to move issues between organizations, so it was done manually.