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Arrhyton procerum HEDGES & GARRIDO, 1992

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Zapata Long-tailed Racerlet, Zapata Long-tailed Groundsnake 
SynonymArrhyton procerum HEDGES & GARRIDO 1992: 174
Arrhyton procerum — CROTHER 1999
Arrhyton procerum — ZAHER et al. 2009
Arrhyton procerum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 56 
DistributionCuba

Type locality: "11 .4 km ESE Playa Girón, Matanzas Prov., Cuba, 0 m"  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHNCU (also given as MNFINCU) 3285 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin procerus, meaning long and slender, in reference to the distinctive habitus of this species. 
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. 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
  • Rodríguez Schettino, Lourdes, Carlos A. Mancina & Vilma Rivalta González 2013. REPTILES OF CUBA: CHECKLIST AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (144): 1-96 - 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.
  • 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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