Cubophis vudii (COPE, 1862)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Dipsadinae, Alsophiini, Serpentes (snakes)
Subspecies	Cubophis vudii vudii (COPE 1862) Cubophis vudii aterrimus (BARBOUR and SHREVE 1935) Cubophis vudii picticeps (CONANT 1937) Cubophis vudii raineyi (BARBOUR and SHREVE 1935) Cubophis vudii utowanae (BARBOUR and SHREVE 1935)
Common Names	E: Bahamian Racer G: Bahama-Natter
Synonym	Alsophis vudii COPE 1862: 74 Alsophis vudii — BARBOUR 1904: 60 Alsophis vudii — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 577 Alsophis vudii — CROTHER 1999 Ocyophis vudii — ZAHER et al. 2009 Cubophis vudii — HEDGES et al. 2009 Cubophis vudii vudii (COPE 1862) Alsophis vudii vudii — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 578 Cubophis vudii vudii — HEDGES et al. 2009 Cubophis vudii aterrimus (BARBOUR and SHREVE 1935) Alsophis vudii aterrimus BARBOUR and SHREVE 1935 Alsophis vudii aterrimus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 578 Cubophis vudii aterrimus — HEDGES et al. 2009 Cubophis vudii picticeps (CONANT 1937) Alsophis vudii picticeps — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 578 Cubophis vudii picticeps — HEDGES et al. 2009 Cubophis vudii raineyi (BARBOUR and SHREVE 1935) Alsophis vudii raineyi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 578 Cubophis vudii raineyi — HEDGES et al. 2009 Cubophis vudii utowanae (BARBOUR and SHREVE 1935) Alsophis vudii utowanae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 578 Cubophis vudii utowanae — HEDGES et al. 2009
Distribution	Bahamas vudii: Bahama Is.: Great Bahama Bank except Bimini Is.; Cat I.; Little San Salvador I.; Type locality: New Providence Island, Bahama Islands. aterrimus (HOLOTYPE MCZ 37942): Bahama Is.: Little Bahama Bank. picticeps (HOLOTYPE MCZ 43150): Bahama Is.: Bimini Is. raineyi (HOLOTYPE MCZ 37929): Bahama Is.: Crooked I. and Acklins I. utowanae (HOLOTYPE MCZ 37941): Bahama Is.: Great Inagua I., including Sheep Cay. Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types	Syntypes: ANSP 5567, ANSP 5569-71, ANSP 5598-99. Holotype: MCZ (aterrimus) Holotype: MCZ (picticeps) Holotype: MCZ (raineyi) Holotype: MCZ (utowanae)
Comment	For illustrations see Maglio, 1970; Mehrtens, 1987. Etymology: According to COPE 1862 "This species is dedicated to my friend, Dr. H.C. Wood, Jr., author of memoirs on Myriapoda and ... Cryptogamia."
References	Barbour, T. 1904. Batrachia and Reptilia from the Bahamas. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 46: 55—61 - get paper here Barbour, T. and B. Shreve. 1935. Concerning some Bahamian reptiles, with notes on the fauna. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 40: 347-365. Barbour, Thomas 1906. Additional notes on Bahama snakes American Naturalist 40 (471): 229-232 - get paper here Barbour, Thomas & Loveridge, Arthur 1946. First supplement to typical reptiles and amphibians. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 96 (2): 59-214. - get paper here Conant, R. 1937. Alsophis from new islands with the description of a new subspecies. Proc. New England Zool. Club 16:81-83. 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 [1862]: 60-82. - get paper here 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 Maglio, Vincent J. 1970. West Indian Xenodontine colubrid snakes: Their probable origin, phylogeny, and zoogeography. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 141 (1): 1-54 - get paper here Mehrtens, J.M. 1987. Living snakes of the world in color. Sterling Publ. Co., hic., New York, NY: 480 pp. Schwartz,A. & Henderson,R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Wieg, C. 2009. Geographic Variation in the Bahamian Brown Racer, Alsophis Vudii. Masters Thesis, Ohio University, 48 pp.
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