| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Saint Croix Racer, St. Croix Racer |
| Synonym | Alsophis sancticrucis COPE 1862: 76
Dromicus sanctae-crucis BOULENGER 1893: 122 (emendation)
Dromicus sanctae-crucis — BOULENGER 1894: 122
Alsophis sanctae-crucis — BARBOUR 1914
Alsophis sanctae-crucis — GRANT 1937: 513
Alsophis sanctaecrucis — SCHWARTZ 1966: 214
Alsophis sanctaecrucis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 576
Alsophis sanctaecrucis — CROTHER 1999
Alsophis sanctaecrucis — ZAHER et al. 2009
Borikenophis sanctaecrucis — HEDGES et al. 2009
Borikenophis sancticrucis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 109 |
| Distribution | US Virgin Islands, St. Croix, Puerto Rico Bank
Type locality: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntype: ANSP 5405; other(s) unlocated. |
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| Comment | Illustrations: Schwartz, 1966.
Conservation: Probably extinct since around 1898. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
| References |
- Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here
- Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 60-82. - get paper here
- Crother, Brian I. 1999. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WEST INDIAN XENODONTINE SNAKES (SERPENTES; COLUBRIDAE) WITH COMMENTS ON THE PHYLOGENY OF SOME MAINLAND XENODONTINES. Contemporary Herpetology 2 - get paper here
- Grant, C. 1937. Herpetological notes with new species from the American and British Virgin Islands, 1936. J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 21: 503-522.
- 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
- Henderson R W. Powell R. 1996. Alsophis sanctaecrucis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (634): 1-2 - get paper here
- Joseph-Ouni, M. 2006. Profiles of extinction #20 - St. Croix Racer, Alsophis sanctaecrucis. Reptilia (GB) (46): 82 - get paper here
- Schwartz, A. 1966. Snakes of the genus Alsophis in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Stud. Fauna Curaçao and Carib. Is. 23(90):175-227. - 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.
- Zaher, Hussam; Grazziotin, Felipe Gobbi; Cadle, John E.; Murphy, Robert W.; Moura-Leite, Julio Cesar de; Bonatto, Sandro L 2009. Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa. Pap. Avulsos Zool. (São Paulo) 49 (11): 115-153 - get paper here
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