Caraiba andreae (REINHARDT & LÜTKEN, 1862)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | Caraiba andreae andreae (REINHARDT & LÜTKEN 1862) Caraiba andreae melopyrrha (THOMAS & GARRIDO 1967) Caraiba andreae morenoi (GARRIDO 1973) Caraiba andreae nebulatus (BARBOUR 1916) Caraiba andreae orientalis (BARBOUR & RAMSDEN 1919) Caraiba andreae peninsulae (SCHWARTZ & THOMAS 1960) |
Common Names | E: Cuban Lesser Racer, Black and white Racer |
Synonym | Liophis andreae REINHARDT & LÜTKEN 1862: 214 Dromicus cubensis GARMAN 1887: 281 Leimadophis andreae andreae — SCHWARTZ & OGREN 1956 Dromicus andreae — THOMAS and GARRIDO 1967 Antillophis andreai — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 579 Antillophis andreae — KUNZ 2005 Caraiba andreae — ZAHER et al. 2009 Caraiba andreae — HEDGES et al. 2009 Antillophis andreae — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012 (by implication) Caraiba andreai — RODRIGUEZ-SCHETTINO et al. 2013 Caraiba andreae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 148 Caraiba andreae andreae (REINHARDT and LÜTKEN 1862) Antillophis andreai andreai — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 579 Caraiba andreae andreae — HEDGES et al. 2009 Caraiba andreae melopyrrha (THOMAS and GARRIDO 1967) Antillophis andreai melopyrrha — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 579 Caraiba andreae melopyrrha — HEDGES et al. 2009 Caraiba andreae morenoi (GARRIDO 1973) Antillophis andreai morenoi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 579 Caraiba andreae morenoi — HEDGES et al. 2009 Caraiba andreae nebulatus (BARBOUR 1916) Antillophis andreai nebulatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 579 Caraiba andreae nebulatus — HEDGES et al. 2009 Caraiba andreae orientalis (BARBOUR and RAMSDEN 1919) Antillophis andreai orientalis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 579 Caraiba andreae orientalis — HEDGES et al. 2009 Caraiba andreae peninsulae (SCHWARTZ and THOMAS 1960) Antillophis andreai peninsulae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 579 Caraiba andreae peninsulae — HEDGES et al. 2009 |
Distribution | Cuba, Isla de la Juventud andreai: western and central Cuba to extreme northwestern Camagüey Prov.; intergrades with A. a. orientalis. Type locality: Cuba. melopyrrha: Cayo Cantiles. morenoi: Cayo Santa Maria, Cayo Guajaba. nebulatus: Isla de la Juventud. orientalis: western Cuba. peninsulae: Peninsula de Guanahacabibes, Pinar del Rio Province. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: ZMUC = UZM R.60766-R.60767 Holotype: CZACC = IZ 1080 [melopyrrha] Holotype: CZACC = IZ 2737 [morenoi] Holotype: MCZ 11092 [nebulatus] Holotype: MCZ 11726 [orientalis] Holotype: AMNH 83235 [peninsulae] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): The species in this genus has 17 midbody scale rows, 131–157 ventrals, 90–120 subcaudals, 1 apical scale pit, 8 upper labials, 9 lower labials, 20–23 total maxillary teeth, and 25–28 dentary teeth (Table 2). Caraiba differs in at least one of these characters from all other alsophiine genera except Hypsirhynchus. From that genus it differs in having a hemipene with enlarged papillate body calyces in the basal region and medial surface of the lobes (Zaher 1999). |
Comment | For illustrations see Barbour, 1916; Barbour and Ramsden, 1919; Schwartz and Thomas, 1960; Vogel, 1965; Thomas and Garrido, 1967; Petzold, 1969 b; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. Type species: Liophis andreae REINHARDT and LÜTKEN 1862 is the type species of the genus Caraiba ZAHER et al. 2009. |
Etymology | Named after Captain Andrea, Danish ship master who collected several examples of this snake in Isla de la Juventud, Cuba. |
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