Cubophis caymanus (GARMAN, 1887)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
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
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: MCZ 6020
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
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. Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.caymanwildlife.org/wild-racercaymanus.html https://bioweb.bio/faunaweb/reptiliaweb/FichaEspecie/Dipsas%20jamespetersi Google images

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