Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Orange-bellied Racer, Red-bellied Racer, Saba Racer, Saba Racer, Orange-Bellied Racer
Description
Family Colubridae
The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [2].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Serpentes
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
()
- Family:
Colubridae
()
- Colubrids
- Subfamily:
Xenodontinae
()
- Genus:
Alsophis
()
- Fitzinger, 1843
- Specific name:
rufiventris
- (Dum?ril, Bibron & Dum?ril,1854)
- Scientific name: - Alsophis rufiventris (Dum?ril, Bibron & Dum?ril,1854)
- Specific name:
rufiventris
- (Dum?ril, Bibron & Dum?ril,1854)
- Genus:
Alsophis
(
- Subfamily:
Xenodontinae
(
- Family:
Colubridae
(
- Superfamily:
Colubroidea
(
- Suborder:
Serpentes
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Alsophis rufiventris - Schwartz & Henderson 1991: 575 • Alsophis rufiventris — Garman 1887: 282 • Dromicus ater Boulenger 1894: 121 • Dromicus rufiventris • Dromicus rufiventris DumÉril • Dromicus rufiventris — Boulenger 1894: 124
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Syntypes: MNHN 3559-60. For illustrations see Henderson
and Sajdak, 1986, Baumeister 2000. Named after Latin rufus = red
and venter
= belly.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Alsophis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 18 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. anomalus (Hispaniola Racer) · A. antiguae (Antiguan Racer) · A. antillensis (Antilles Racer) · A. antillensis antillensis (Antilles Racer) · A. ater (Black Racer) · A. biserialis (Galapagos Racer) · A. cantherigerus (Cuban Racer) · A. cantherigerus cantherigerus (Cuban Racer) · A. melanichinus (La Vega Racer) · A. melanichnus (La Vega Racer) · A. portoricensis (Puerto Rican Racer) · A. portoricensis portoricensis (Puerto Rican Racer) · A. rijersmai (Leeward Island Racer) · A. rijgersmaei (Anguila Racer) · A. rufiventris (Orange-Bellied Racer) · A. sanctaecrucis (Saint Croix Racer) · A. sanctonum (Terre-De-Haut Racer) · A. vudii (Bahamian Racer)
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Further Reading
- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 83.
- A contribution to the zoögeography of the West Indies, with especial reference to amphibians and reptiles / by Thomas Barbour. 44 1914 Cambridge, U.S.A.: Printed for the Museum, 1914. url p. 334.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 82 1937 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 157, p. 92.
- Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url , p. 15.
- Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908-42. url , p. 15.
- Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society url p. 278.
- The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 235.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
- Day, M. 1996. Alsophis rufiventris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535985
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-235
- IUCN ID: 190119
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1256
Footnotes
- Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
- Day, M. 1996. Alsophis rufiventris. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
Curator for this page: Juan Pablo Hurtado. Date last reviewed: 1899-12-30
