| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Oriente Brown-capped Racerlet |
| Synonym | Colorhogia redimita COPE 1862: 81
Arrhyton redimitum — BOULENGER 1894
Arrhyton redimitum — STEJNEGER 1917
Arrhyton vittatum landoi SCHWARTZ 1965: 109
Arrhyton landoi — SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1981: 213
Arrhyton landoi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 587
Arrhyton redimitum — HEDGES & GARRIDO 1992
Arrhyton landoi — CROTHER 1999
Arrhyton landoi — ZAHER et al. 2009
Arrhyton redimitum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 56
Arrhyton redimitum — DÍAZ et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Cuba
Type locality: Eastern Cuba
landoi: Cuba; Type locality: Mountains north of Imías, Guantánamo Province, Cuba.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Neotype: MCZ 42505, originally the holotype of landoi; Holotype: unlocated, probably lost (fide HEDGES & GARRIDO 1992). Paratypes: (n=11) all from Oriente Province, Cuba: AMNH 36703-04, Pilon, Ensenada de Mora, 25 May 1929, C. R. DeSola; AMNH 83584, 6.5 km S Pahna Soriano, 11 July 1959, A. Schwartz; MCZ 42547, Cobre Range, Sierra Maestra, July 1936, P. J. Darlington; AMNH 2949, Santiago de Cuba, 1902-03, S. H. Hamilton; UIMNH 49303, Colonia Espana, Santiago de Cuba, 15 October 1945, Pastor Alayo Dalmau; MBZH 50-51, Guantanamo; MCZ 68724, Guantanamo Naval Base, June 1962, R. V. Lando; UIMNH 49301-02, Guantanamo Naval Base, December 1957, C. Grant. |
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| Comment | Synonymy: Has been previously considered as a synonym of Arrhyton taeniatum Gunther 1858. HEDGES & GARRIDO (1992) provide evidence that the original holotype is actually not A. redimitum. BOULENGER’s (1894) description was not based on the type but rather on BOCOURT’s description.
Distribution: see map in Díaz et al. 2021: Fig. 5. |
| Etymology | redimitum, is derived from the Latin “redimiculum,” meaning head band, which aptly describes the distinctive pattern feature of A. landoi. |
| References |
- Bocourt, M. F. 1883. In A. Duméril, M. F. Bocourt, and F. Mocquard, (1870-1909), Etudes sur les reptiles, p. i-xiv, 1-1012. In Recherches Zoologiques pour servir a l'Histoire de Ia Faune de l'Amérique Centrale et du Mexique. Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l'Amérique Centrale, Recherches zoologiques. Part 2, sect. 1. Imprimerie Impériale, Paris - 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
- 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
- DÍAZ, L. M., FONG G., A., SALAS, D., & HEDGES, S. B. 2021. A new semifossorial snake of the genus Arrhyton (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from eastern Cuba, with taxonomic comments on other species. Zootaxa 5052 (3): 406-418 - get paper here
- Hedges, S. B. and O. H. Garrido. 1992. Cuban snakes of the genus Arrhyton: two new species and a reconsideration of A. redimitum Cope. Herpetologica 48: 168-177 - get paper here
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- Schwartz, A. 1965. A review of the colubrid snake genus Arrhyton with a description of a new subspecies from southern Oriente Province, Cuba. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 78: 99-113. - 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 O. H. Garrido. 1981. A review of the Cuban members of the genus Arrhyton (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 50: 207-230. - get paper here
- Sooy, Kent Van 2012. Picture: A red diamond rattlesnake that was found in a rock pile less than a mile away from thousands of suburban homes. Litteratura Serpentium 32 (4): 218 - get paper here
- Stejneger, L.H. 1917. Cuban amphibians and reptiles collected for the United States National Museum from 1899 to 1902. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 53: 259-291 - get paper here
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- 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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