Cubophis caymanus (GARMAN, 1887)
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Grand Cayman Racer, Racer, Ground Snake, Black Snake |
| Synonym | Alsophis angulifer var. caymanus GARMAN 1887: 276
Alsophis cantherigerus caymanus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 571
Alsophis caymanus — CROTHER 1999
Cubophis caymanus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 201
Cubophis caymanus — KRYSKO et al. 2015 |
| Distribution | Grand Cayman Island
Type locality: Grand Cayman Island
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| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 6020 |
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| References |
- Garman, S. 1887. On the reptiles and batrachians of Grand Cayman. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 24: 273-277 - 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
- Kelehear, Crystal 2016. Cubophis caymanus (Cayman Racer) Diet. Herpetological Review 47 (4): 680-681 - get paper here
- KRYSKO, KENNETH L.; DAVID W. STEADMAN, LEROY P. NUÑEZ & DAVID S. LEE 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Caribbean dipsadid (Xenodontinae: Alsophiini) snakes, including identification of the first record from the Cay Sal Bank, The Bahamas. Zootaxa 4028 (3): 441–450 - get paper here
- Pagoda, P. 2011. Ein Monat als Volontär in der Karibik - der Blauen wegen. Elaphe 19 (1): 65-72
- Rose-Smyth, C; 2019. Cubophis caymanus (Grand Cayman Racer) Diet and prey-handling behavior. Herpetological Review 50 (2): 390-391 - 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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