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Uromacer frenatus

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Uromacer frenatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
  • Ahaetulla frenata
    Günther, 1865
  • Uromacer inornatus
    Garman, 1887
  • Uromacer frenatus
    — Boulenger, 1893

Uromacer frenatus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Hispaniola in the West Indies.

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

  1. ^ a b c "Uromacer frenatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ 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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