Caraiba

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Caraiba
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Caraiba
Zaher, Grazziotin, Cadle,
R. Murphy, Moura-Leite & Bonatto, 2009
Species:
C. andreae
Binomial name
Caraiba andreae
Synonyms [2]
  • Liophis andreae
    J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862
  • Dromicus cubensis
    Garman, 1887
  • Leimadophis andreae
    — Schwartz & Ogren, 1956
  • Dromicus andreae
    — Thomas & Garrido, 1967
  • Antillophis andreai
    — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991
  • Antillophis andreae
    — Kunz, 2005

Caraiba is a monotypic genus of snake in the family Colubridae. The genus contains the sole species Caraiba andreae, also known commonly as the black and white racer or the Cuban lesser racer, which is endemic to Cuba. There are six recognized subspecies. [2]

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Etymology

The genus name, Caraiba, is a reference to the Caribbean. The specific name, andreae, is in honor of a Danish ship's master, "Captain Andrea", who collected the holotype. [3]

Geographic range

C. andreae is found throughout Cuba. It is also found on Isla de la Juventud (formerly called Isle of Pines), and on other smaller offshore islands. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. andreae are shrubland and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,100 m (3,600 ft). [1]

Description

Dorsally, C. andreae is black, with a dorso-lateral series of yellow spots on each side. The upper labials are white. Ventrally it is white, with black markings. Adults may attain a total length of 65.5 cm (25.8 in), which includes a tail 21.5 cm (8.5 in) long. [4]

Reproduction

C. andreae is oviparous. [2]

Subspecies

The following six subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. [2]

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Caraiba.

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References

  1. 1 2 Fong A (2017). "Caraiba andreae ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T176340A71742798. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T176340A71742798.en. Downloaded on 28 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Caraiba andreae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 28 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Antillophis andteae, p. 9).
  4. ↑ 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. (Liophis andreæ, pp. 140–141).

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