| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | Cubophis vudii vudii (COPE 1862)
Cubophis vudii aterrimus (BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935)
Cubophis vudii picticeps (CONANT 1937)
Cubophis vudii raineyi (BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935)
Cubophis vudii utowanae (BARBOUR & 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 — WALLACH et al. 2014: 201
Cubophis vudii vudii (COPE 1862)
Alsophis vudii COPE 1862: 74
Alsophis vudii vudii — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 578
Cubophis vudii vudii — HEDGES et al. 2009
Cubophis vudii aterrimus (BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935)
Alsophis vudii aterrimus BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935: 362
Alsophis vudii aterrimus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 578
Cubophis vudii aterrimus — HEDGES et al. 2009
Cubophis vudii picticeps (CONANT 1937)
Alsophis vudii picticeps CONANT 1937
Alsophis vudii picticeps — MEHRTENS 1987: 211
Alsophis vudii picticeps — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 578
Cubophis vudii picticeps — HEDGES et al. 2009
Cubophis vudii raineyi (BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935)
Alsophis vudii raineyi BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935: 363
Alsophis vudii raineyi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 578
Cubophis vudii raineyi — HEDGES et al. 2009
Cubophis vudii utowanae (BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935)
Alsophis vudii utowanae BARBOUR & SHREVE 1935: 366
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: Bahama Is.: Little Bahama Bank.
picticeps: Bahama Is.: Bimini Is.
raineyi: Bahama Is.: Crooked I. and Acklins I.
utowanae: Bahama Is.: Great Inagua I., including Sheep Cay.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: ANSP 5567, ANSP 5569-71, ANSP 5598-99.
Holotype: MCZ 37942, adult female [aterrimus]
Holotype: MCZ 43150 [picticeps]
Holotype: MCZ 37929, male [raineyi]
Holotype: MCZ 37941, male [utowanae] |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (4168 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Illustrations: 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
- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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: 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
- HOEFER, SEBASTIAN; ANDREU ROTGER, SOPHIE MILLS & NATHAN J. ROBINSON. 2021. Semi-automated photo-identification of Bahamian Racers (Cubophis vudii vudii). Acta Herpetologica 16(2): 133–136. - get paper here
- Johnson, Scott 2020. First Record of the Bahamian Racer (Cubophis vudii vudii) in Joulter Cays National Park, Bahamas. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (2): 253 - get paper here
- Johnson, Scott 2021. Attempted predation of a Bahamian Racer (Cubophis vudii vudii) by a Bahamian Boa (Chilabothrus strigilatus strigilatus) on New Providence, The Bahamas. Reptiles & Amphibians 28 (1): 59-60 - get paper here
- Johnson, Scott 2021. First record of a "mating ball" in Bahamian Racers (Cubophis vudii) on Eleuthera, The Bahamas. Reptiles & Amphibians 28 (2): 274 - get paper here
- Johnson, Scott; Bradley Watson 2021. Records of mating in the Bahamian Racer (Cubophis vudii vudii). Reptiles & Amphibians 28 (1): 61-62 - get paper here
- Johnson, Scott; William K Hayes 2020. An Improved Approach to Measuring Sexual Dimorphism in Snakes: Morphological Variation in the Bahamian Racer (Cubophis vudii vudii). IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (2): 137-146 - 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.
- Powell, Robert. 2014. Cubophis vudii (Cope) - Bahamian Racer, Bahamian Brown Racer. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (903): 1-15 - 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.
- Wieg, C. 2009. Geographic Variation in the Bahamian Brown Racer, Alsophis Vudii. Masters Thesis, Ohio University, 48 pp.
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