Borikenophis sanctaecrucis
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Tribus: Alsophiini
Genus: Borikenophis
Species: Borikenophis sanctaecrucis
Name
[edit]- Borikenophis sanctaecrucis (Cope, 1862)
Syntypes (+2): ANSP 5405, others lost fide Schwartz & Henderson (1991: 576).
Type locality: “St. Croix, Id, W. Indies”.
Combinations
[edit]- Alsophis sancticrucis Cope, 1862: 76 [original combination]
- Dromicus sanctae-crucis Boulenger, 1894: 122 [subsequent combination, name emendation]
- Alsophis sanctaecrucis — Schwartz & Henderson, 1988: 206 [subsequent combination]
- Borikenophis sanctaecrucis — Hedges, Couloux & Vidal, 2009: 8 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 60–82. BHL Reference page.
- Hedges, S.B., Couloux, A. & Vidal, N. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae). Zootaxa 2067: 1–28. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Borikenophis sanctaecrucis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 July 2018.
- Platenberg, R. & Powell, R. 2016. IUCN: Borikenophis sanctaecrucis (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T40791A115177079. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T40791A71740001.en