''Ialtris'' is a
genus of
snakes in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Dipsadinae of the
family Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
. The genus is
endemic to the island of
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
.
Geographic range
Species of the genus ''Ialtris'' are found in the
Dominican Republic and
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
.
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Species and subspecies
The genus ''Ialtris'' contains the following four species which are recognized as being valid. One of these species, ''I. haetianus'', has three recognized
subspecies
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, including the
nominotypical subspecies.
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*'' Ialtris agyrtes''
*'']Ialtris dorsalis
''Ialtris dorsalis'', the Hispaniolan W-headed racer or brown fanged snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is ...
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*''Ialtris haetianus
''Ialtris haetianus'', the Hispaniolan upland racer or Haitian ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and f ...
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**''Ialtris haetianus haetianus
''Ialtris'' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.
Geographic range
Species of the genus ''Ialtris'' are found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti..
Species ...
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**''Ialtris haetianus perfector
''Ialtris'' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.
Geographic range
Species of the genus ''Ialtris'' are found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti..
Species ...
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**''Ialtris haetianus vaticinata
''Ialtris'' is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.
Geographic range
Species of the genus ''Ialtris'' are found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti..
Species ...
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*''Ialtris parishi
''Ialtris parishi'', the Tiburon banded racer or Parish's fanged snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly ...
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'' Nota bene'': A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies, respectively, was originally described in a genus other than ''Ialtris''.
References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1896). ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus ''Ialtris'' and species ''I. dorsalis'', p. 137, Figure 7 + Plate VII, figure 2).
* Cope ED (1862). "Synopsis of the Species of ''Holcosus'' and ''Ameiva'', with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridæ". ''Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia'' 14: 60–82. (''Ialtris'', new genus, p. 74).
* Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). ''Amphibians & Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History''. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. . (''Darlingtonia haetiana'', p. 598; ''Ialtris agyrtes'', ''I. dorsalis'', ''I. parishi'', p. 614).
*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. (''Darlingtonia haetianus'', pp. 181–182; ''Ialtris dorsalis'', pp. 187–188; ''I. parishi'', p. 188).
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Dipsadidae
Snake genera
Endemic fauna of Hispaniola
Reptiles of the Dominican Republic
Reptiles of Haiti
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope