Taxonomy Profile: Alsophis (Fitzinger 1843)

Alsophis: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
West Indian Racers []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Alsophis: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Serpentes
Snakes |
cobra |
serpente |
serpents |
Infraorder : Alethinophidia
Family : Colubridae
Colubrids |
Typical Snakes |
Subfamily : Dipsadinae
Genus : Alsophis
West Indian Racers |
Alsophis Direct Children(s):
Alsophis antillensis
(Schlegel 1837)
Alsophis rufiventris
(A M C Duméril Bibron and A H A Duméril 1854)
Alsophis antiguae
(Parker 1933)
Alsophis sanctonum
(Barbour 1915)
Alsophis sibonius
(Cope 1879)
Alsophis manselli
(Parker 1933)
Alsophis sajdaki
(Henderson 1990)
Alsophis danforthi
(Cochran 1938)
Alsophis: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Alsophis
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Alsophis
Source:
Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined
Acquired:
2004-08-17
Notes:
Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"
Reference for:
Alsophis
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Alsophis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Zaher, Hussam, Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin, John E. Cadle, Robert W. Murphy, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2009-01-01 / 2009-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), vol. 49, no. 11
Page(s):
115-153
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0031-1049
Notes:
doi: 10.1590/S0031-10492009001100001
Reference for:
Alsophis
Alsophis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Alsophis: Comments