Arrhyton dolichura WERNER, 1909
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Arrhyton dolichura
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Havana Racerlet, Habana Island Racer |
| Synonym | Arrhyton dolichurum WERNER 1909: 224 Arrhyton dolichura — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 584 Arrhyton dolichura — CROTHER 1999 Arrhyton dolichurum — ZAHER et al. 2009 Arrhyton dolichura — WALLACH et al. 2014: 56 Arrhyton dolichura — DÍAZ et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Cuba Type locality: La Habana, La Habana Province, Cuba. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZMH, now destroyed. |
| Diagnosis | DESCRIPTION: Maximum SVL 249 mm; ventrals 127-132 in males, 123-132 in females; subcaudals 101-127 in males, 104-127 in females; ventrals + subcaudals 232-254 in males, 229-252 in females; dorsal scale rows at midbody 17; supralabials 7; infralabials 8-9; preoculars 1/1; postoculars usually 2/2; loreal 1/1; anal divided; rostral slightly upturned; head neither conspicuously flattened nor broad. Dorsal pattern a series of 3 brown lines, the lateralmost lying on scale rows 3 and 4; dorsal scale rows 1 and 2 and lower portion of 3 (i.e., all rows ventral to lateral lines) concolor with venter; dorsal cephalic pattern a dark brown cap of uniform intensity, vividly outlined in white; white pigment involving snout and lateral margins of brown cap from prefrontals to parietals; dark loreal line from naris to eye, and thence posteriorly across temporals to form dark body stripes; rostral and first few supralabials flecked with dark brown on pale to white ground; minute but conspicuous pair of dots paramedially, 1 on each side of parietal suture; ventral color white to cream (Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 585). |
| Comment | For illustrations see Grant, Smith, and Dalmau, 1959; Schwartz, 1965; Schwartz and Garrido, 1981. Distribution: see map in Díaz et al. 2021: Fig. 5. |
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