Hypsirhynchus scalaris COPE, 1862

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Tiburon Hog-nosed Racer, Tiburon Hognosed Racer
Synonym	Hypsirhynchus scalaris COPE 1862: 72 Hypsirhynchus ferox scalaris COPE 1863 Hypsirhynchus scalaris — GARMAN 1887: 284 Hypsirhynchus ferox — COCHRAN 1941: 344 Hypsirhynchus ferox scalaris — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 613 Hypsirhynchus scalaris — VIDAL et al. 2000 Hypsirhynchus scalaris — HEDGES et al. 2009 Hypsirhynchus scalaris — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012 Hypsirhynchus scalaris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 339
Distribution	Hispaniola (Haiti, Dominican Republic) Type locality: Haiti, Tiburon Peninsula
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MCZ 3611
Diagnosis
Comment
References	Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 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 Garman, S. 1887. On West Indian reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 24: 278-286. - 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 Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Vidal, Nicolas; Shannon G. Kindl, Alan Wong, and S. Blair Hedges 2000. Phylogenetic Relationships of Xenodontine Snakes Inferred from 12S and 16S Ribosomal RNA Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution14 (3): 389–402 - get paper here 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.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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