Cubophis cantherigerus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Tribus: Alsophiini
Genus: Cubophis
Species: Cubophis cantherigerus
Subspecies (4): C. c. adspersus – C. c. cantherigerus – C. c. pepei – C. c. schwartzi

Syntypes (6): MNHN 3545–46, MNHN 3561–63, and MCZ 2195 (formerly MNHN).

Type locality: “Cuba”.

Coluber cantherigerus Bibron in de la Sagra, 1840: p. 27 [original combination]
Alsophis cantherigerus — Schwartz & Thomas, 1960: 89 [subsequent combination]
Cubophis cantherigerus — Hedges, Couloux & Vidal, 2009: 8 [subsequent combination]

de la Sagra, R. 1838–1843. Historia Física, Política y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Tomo IV. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. 142 pp.

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.

English: Cuban Racer

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