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Ialtris agyrtes SCHWARTZ & ROSSMAN, 1976

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Barahona Red-headed Racer, Barreras Fanged Snake 
SynonymIaltris agyrtes SCHWARTZ & ROSSMAN 1976: 90
Ialtris agyrtes — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 614
Alsophis agyrtes — CROTHER 1999
Ialtris agyrtes — HEDGES et al. 2009
Ialtris agyrtes — WALLACH et al. 2014: 347 
DistributionHispaniola (SW Dominican Republic)

Type locality: Barreras, Azua Province, República Dominicana.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: LSUM 28564, adult female.
PARATYPES: Both from Pedernales province, Republica Dominicana. ASFS X9997, adult female from 12 mi. (19.2 km) SW Enriquillo, 30 July 1963,native collectors; UF/FSM 21554, juvenile female from 2 km E Las Mercedes, 250 meters, 22. 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Greek agyrtes for "mountebank, cheat", in allusion to the resemblance of the species to Ialtris parishi.
 
References
  • 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
  • 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
  • Powell R; Henderson R W 1994. Ialtris Cope. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 590: 1-2 - get paper here
  • Powell, R. and R. W. Henderson. 1994. Ialtris agyrtes. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (591) - get paper here
  • Powell, Robert, José A. Ottenwalder, Sixto J. Incháustegui, Robert W. Henderson and Richard E. Glor. 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of the Dominican Republic: Species of special concern. Oryx 34 (2): 118-128 - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. 1980. The herpetogeography of Hispaniola, West Indies. Stud. on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands 61: 86-127. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Schwartz, A. and D. A. Rossman 1976. A review of the Hispaniolan colubrid snake genus Ialtris. Stud. Fauna Curacao Carib. IsI. 50: 76-102. - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.; Darko, Y.A.; Voss, O. 2023. Towards digital descriptions of all extant reptile species. Megataxa 010 (1): 027–042 - 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.
 
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