Arrhyton redimitum

Arrhyton redimitum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Arrhyton
Species:	A. redimitum
Binomial name
Arrhyton redimitum (Cope, 1862)
Synonyms [2]
Arrhyton landoi A. Schwartz, 1965 Arrhyton vittatum landoi A. Schwartz, 1965 Colorhogia redimita Cope, 1862

Arrhyton redimitum, also known commonly as the Oriente brown-capped racerlet, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. ^[2] The species is endemic to Cuba. ^[2]

Geographic range

A. redimitum is found in extreme southeastern Cuba. ^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. redimitum are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in coffee plantations. ^[1]

Reproduction

A. redimitum is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Fong, A. (2017). "Arrhyton redimitum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T190593A71748301. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T190593A71748301.en .
2. Arrhyton redimitum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 25 February 2016.

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. (Arrhyton redimitum, new combination, p. 252).
• 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. (Colorhogia redimita, new species, pp. 81–82).
• Hedges, S.B.; Garrido, O.H. (1992). "Cuban snakes of the genus Arrhyton: two new species and a reconsideration of A. redimitum Cope". Herpetologica. 48: 168–177.
• Schwartz, A (1965). "A review of the colubrid snake genus Arrhyton with a description of a new subspecies from Southern Oriente Province, Cuba". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 78: 99–113. (Arrhyton vittatum landoi, new subspecies, pp. 109–113 + Figures 10–12, 14–16).