The following six species are recognized as being valid. •
Pseudoxenodon bambusicola T. Vogt, 1922 – bamboo snake •
Pseudoxenodon baramensis (
M.A. Smith, 1921) – Baramen bamboo snake •
Pseudoxenodon inornatus (
F. Boie, 1827) – dull bamboo snake •
Pseudoxenodon karlschmidti Pope, 1928 – Chinese bamboo snake •
Pseudoxenodon macrops (
Blyth, 1855) – large-eyed bamboo snake, big-eyed bamboo snake •
Pseudoxenodon stejnegeri Barbour, 1908 – Stejneger's bamboo snake
Nota bene: A
binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than
Pseudoxenodon. ==Etymology==