Cubophis ruttyi (GRANT, 1941)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Little Cayman Racer
Synonym	Alsophis angulifer ruttyi GRANT 1941: 50 Alsophis angulifer ruttyi — BARBOUR & LOVERIDGE 1946: 64 Alsophis cantherigerus ruttyi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 571 Cubophis ruttyi — HEDGES et al. 2009 Cubophis ruttyi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 201
Distribution	Cayman Islands Type locality: Little Cayman Islands
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: MCZ 44876
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: An Alsophis wherein the female has the anal entire: no dark subocular semicircle; clearly marked anteriorly with broad black rings separated by white scales. (Grant 1941) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 53 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after A.S. Rutty, M.B.E. Collector of Customs, Cayman Brac “whose enthusiasm and efftcient cooperation were a source of pleasure to the writer during his stay on the Lesser Caymans.”
References	Barbour, Thomas & Loveridge, Arthur 1946. First supplement to typical reptiles and amphibians. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 96 (2): 59-214. - get paper here Grant, C. 1941. The herpetology of the Cayman Islands. Bulletin of the Institute of Jamaica, Science Series [1940] (2):1-56 Hedges, S. Blair; Arnaud Couloux; Vidal, Nicolas 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the Tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae). Zootaxa 2067: 1-28 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp. Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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