Cubophis ruttyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Tribus: Alsophiini
Genus: Cubophis
Species: Cubophis ruttyi

Name

• Cubophis ruttyi (Grant, 1941)

Holotype: MCZ 44876, ♀.

Type locality: “Little Cayman” Island, Cayman Islands.

Combinations

• Alsophis angulifer ruttyi Grant, 1941: 50 [original combination]
• Alsophis cantherigerus ruttyi — Schwartz & Thomas, 1960: 89 [subsequent combination]
• Cubophis ruttyi — Hedges, Couloux & Vidal, 2009: 9 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Grant, C. [1940] 1941. The herpetology of the Cayman Islands. Bulletin of the Institute of Jamaica, Science Series 1940(2): 1–56.
• 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

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cubophis ruttyi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 July 2018.