Uromacer frenatus
Uromacer frenatus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Hispaniola in the West Indies.
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Uromacer |
Species: | U. frenatus |
Binomial name | |
Uromacer frenatus (Günther, 1865) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Geographic range
U. frenatus is found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.[1]
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
- Uromacer frenatus chlorauges Schwartz, 1976
- Uromacer frenatus dorsalis Dunn, 1920
- Uromacer frenatus frenatus (Günther, 1865)
- Uromacer frenatus wetmorei Cochran, 1931
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Uromacer.
Etymology
The subspecific name, wetmorei, is in honor of American ornithologist Alexander Wetmore.[2]
References
- "Uromacer frenatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Uromacer frenatus wetmorei, p. 283).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Uromacer frenatus, p. 116).
- Günther A (1865). "Fourth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Third Series 15: 89–98. (Ahætulla frenata, new species, pp. 94–95 + Plate II, figure B).
- Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Uromacer dorsalis, p. 201, U. frenatus, p. 202).
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