Alsophis danforthi COCHRAN, 1938

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Terre-de-Bas Racer
Synonym	Alsophis sanctonum danforthi COCHRAN 1938 Alsophis antillensis danforthi (fide HEDGES et al. 2009) Alsophis danforthi — ZAHER 1999 Alsophis sanctonum danforthi — BREUIL 2002 Alsophis sanctonum danforthi — HODGE et al. 2003 Alsophis danforthi — ZAHER et al. 2009
Distribution	Terre-de-Bas, Île des Saintes. Type locality: Terre d’en Haut, Isles des Saintes, near Guadeloupe, French West Indies.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: USNM 104237, Collected by: Dr. Stuart T. Danforth; Collection Date: July 5, 1937. Paratype: (n=1) UPR 127 with the same data as the holotype.
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Comment	Synonymy: listed as synonym of Alsophis sanctonum by WALLACH et al. 2014: 25.
Etymology	Named after Dr. Stuart T. Danforth, well known American herpetologist who collected the type species.
References	Barbour, T. 1915. Recent notes regarding West Indian reptiles and amphibians. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 71-78 - get paper here Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here Breuil, H. 2002. Histoire Naturelle des Amphibiens et Reptiles de l’Archipel Guadeloupéen: Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy. Patrimoines naturels 54: 339 pp. Cochran, D. M. 1938. Reptiles and amphibians from the Lesser Antilles collected by Dr. S. T. Danforth. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 51:147-155. - get paper here Duméril, A.M.C., G. BIBRON & A.H.A. DUMÉRIL 1854. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire Naturelle complète des Reptiles. Vol. 7 (partie 1). Paris, xvi + 780 S. - 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 Henderson, R.W., and Sajdak, R.A. 1986. West Indian racers: disappearing act or a second chance? Lore (Milwaukee Public Museum) 36(3):13-18. Hodge, K. V. D., E. J. Censky, and R. Powell 2003. The Reptiles and Amphibians of Anguilla, British West Indies. The Anguilla National Trust, The Valley, Anguilla, B.W.I. 72 pp. Parker, H. W. 1933. Some amphibians and reptiles from the Lesser Antilles. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 11:151-158. - get paper here Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum), 606 S. + xvi - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 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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