Hypsirhynchus ater

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Hypsirhynchus ater
Black racer in Scotland.jpg
Specimen in National Museum of Scotland
Status iucn3.1 CR.svg
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Hypsirhynchus
Species:
H. ater
Binomial name
Hypsirhynchus ater
(Gosse, 1851)

Hypsirhynchus ater, the Jamaican giant racer or Jamaican racer, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Jamaica. [2]

References

  1. Hedges, B.; Wilson, B.S.; Gibson, R. (2016). "Hypsirhynchus ater". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T940A115053626. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  2. "Hypsirhynchus ater DUNN, 1920". Reptile Database. Retrieved 23 January 2019.