Borikenophis
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Borikenophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae endemic to the Puerto Rican archipelago and the Virgin Islands.
==Etymology== The genus name comes from Borikén, the Taíno word for Puerto Rico and ophis, Greek for "snake".