Hypsirhynchus
Sign in to saveHypsirhynchus is a genus of snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae. found on Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and the Bahamas.
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PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGadiformes
- FamilyMoridae
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- Dipsadinae
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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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