| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Jamaican Long-tailed Racer, Jamaican Long-tailed Groundsnake |
| Synonym | Dromicus polylepis BUDEN 1966: 7
Darlingtonia polylepis — CROTHER 1999
Arrhyton polylepis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 588
Schwartzophis polylepis — ZAHER et al. 2009
Hypsirhynchus polylepis — HEDGES et al. 2009
Schwartzophis polylepis — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Schwartzophis polylepis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 651
Hypsirhynchus polylepis — KRYSKO et al. 2015 |
| Distribution | E Jamaica
Type locality: Port Antonio, Portland Parish, Jamaica.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 81020. Paratypes: AMNH, UIMNH, USNM, MCZ |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (4666 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | For illustrations see Buden, 1966. |
| Etymology | Apparently named after the high number of ventral scales, from Greek polys (πολύς), several + Greek lepis (λεπίς), scale. |
| References |
- Buden, D. W. 1966. An evaluation of Jamaican Dromicus (Serpentes, Colubridae) with the description of a new species. Breviora (238): 1-10 - 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
- Grazziotin, Felipe G.; Hussam Zaher, Robert W. Murphy, Gustavo Scrocchi, Marco A. Benavides, Ya-Ping Zhang and Sandro L. Bonatto 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x - 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
- KRYSKO, KENNETH L.; DAVID W. STEADMAN, LEROY P. NUÑEZ & DAVID S. LEE 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Caribbean dipsadid (Xenodontinae: Alsophiini) snakes, including identification of the first record from the Cay Sal Bank, The Bahamas. Zootaxa 4028 (3): 441–450 - 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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