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Hypsirhynchus

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Hypsirhynchus is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae. found on Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and the Bahamas.

Species

PHYLUM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderGadiformes
  5. FamilyMoridae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded2,534,061,025

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3
Family
Colubridae
Collections
UF
Recorded in
Jamaica

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dipsadinae
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taxon name
Hypsirhynchus
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Hypsirhynchus is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae. found on Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and the Bahamas.

==Species== Hypsirhynchus ater (Gosse, 1851) - Jamaican giant racer, Jamaican racer Hypsirhynchus callilaemus (Gosse, 1851) - Jamaican red racer, Jamaican red racerlet, Jamaican red ground snake Hypsirhynchus ferox Günther, 1858 - Hispaniolan hog-nosed racer, Hispaniola cat-eyed snake Hypsirhynchus funereus (Cope, 1862) - Jamaican black racer, Jamaican black racerlet, Jamaican black ground snake Hypsirhynchus melanichnus (Cope, 1862) - Hispaniolan olive racer, La Vega racer Hypsirhynchus parvifrons (Cope, 1862) - common Hispaniolan racer, Cope's Antilles snake, Hispaniolan black racer Hypsirhynchus polylepis (Buden, 1966) - Jamaican long-tailed racer, Jamaican long-tailed ground snake Hypsirhynchus scalaris Cope, 1863 - Tiburon hog-nosed racer

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