Uromacer frenatus
Uromacer frenatus, the slender Hispaniolan vine snake or island pointed snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Hispaniola in the West Indies.
| Uromacer frenatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Uromacer |
| Species: | U. frenatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Uromacer frenatus (Günther, 1865) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Geographic range
U. frenatus is found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.[2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of U. frenatus is forest at altitudes from sea level to 929 m (3,048 ft).[1]
Subspecies
Four subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Uromacer frenatus chlorauges Schwartz, 1976
- Uromacer frenatus dorsalis Dunn, 1920
- Uromacer frenatus frenatus (Günther, 1865)
- Uromacer frenatus wetmorei Cochran, 1931
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Uromacer.
Etymology
The subspecific name, wetmorei, is in honor of American ornithologist Alexander Wetmore.[3]
References
- Henderson RW, Inchaustegui S, Landestoy M (2016). "Uromacaer frenatus (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T190599A115328865. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T190599A77339972.en. Downloaded on 23 December 2020.
- Species Uromacer frenatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Uromacer frenatus wetmorei, p. 283).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Uromacer frenatus, p. 116).
- Günther A (1865). "Fourth Account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 15: 89–98. (Ahætulla frenata, new species, pp. 94–95 + Plate II, figure B).
- Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Uromacer frenatus, p. 663).
- Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Uromacer dorsalis, p. 201, U. frenatus, p. 202).
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