Barbour's tropical racer

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Barbour's tropical racer
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Picture taken in Lance Aux Epines, Grenada, West Indies.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Mastigodryas
Species:
M. bruesi
Binomial name
Mastigodryas bruesi
(Barbour, 1914)
Synonyms [2]

Barbour's tropical racer (Mastigodryas bruesi) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Caribbean.

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Etymology

The specific name, bruesi, is in honor American entomologist Charles Thomas Brues, who was one of the collectors of the holotype. [3]

Geographic range

M. bruesi is native to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. [1] [2]

Description

M. bruesi can reach a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 83 cm (33 in). Dorsally, it is blue-gray to brown, with lighter lateral stripes. Ventrally, it is whitish. [2]

Behavior and diet

M. bruesi is diurnal, hunting frogs and lizards. [1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of M. bruesi is forest, both mesic and xeric. [1] It can be found on the ground, and in bushes, where it sleeps at night.[ citation needed ]

Reproduction

M. bruesi is oviparous. [1] [2]

Locality records

M. bruesi has been recorded in the southwest corner of Saint Vincent and is widespread all over the Grenadines islands.[ citation needed ] It is also found on the southern half of Grenada, which is the farthest south it is distributed.[ citation needed ] It has been introduced to Barbados, [1] probably around thirty years ago, where it has been incorrectly identified as Liophis perfuscus .[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Henderson, R.W.; Powell, R. (2016). "Mastigodryas bruesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T203300A2763513. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203300A2763513.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Mastigodryas bruesi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  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. (Mastigodryas bruesi, p. 41).

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