Arrhyton tanyplectum SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO, 1981

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Guaniguanico Racerlet, San Vincente Island Racer
Synonym	Arrhyton tanyplectum SCHWARTZ & GARRIDO 1981: 221 Arrhyton tanyplectum — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 590 Arrhyton tanyplectum — CROTHER 1999 Arrhyton tanyplectum — ZAHER et al. 2009 Arrhyton tanyplectum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 56 Arrhyton tanyplectum — DÍAZ et al. 2021
Distribution	Cuba Type locality: Cliffs at San Vicente, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: AMNH 77782.
Diagnosis
Comment	For illustrations see Schwartz and Garrido, 1981. Distribution: see map in Díaz et al. 2021: Fig. 5.
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 DÍAZ, L. M., FONG G., A., SALAS, D., & HEDGES, S. B. 2021. A new semifossorial snake of the genus Arrhyton (Squamata: Dipsadidae) from eastern Cuba, with taxonomic comments on other species. Zootaxa 5052 (3): 406-418 - 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 Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Schwartz, A. and O. H. Garrido. 1981. A review of the Cuban members of the genus Arrhyton (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae). Annals of the Carnegie Museum 50: 207-230. - 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
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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