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Arrhyton redimitum

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(Redirected from Oriente brown-capped racerlet) Species of snake

Arrhyton redimitum
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Arrhyton
Species: A. redimitum
Binomial name
Arrhyton redimitum
(Cope, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Arrhyton landoi
    A. Schwartz, 1965
  • Arrhyton vittatum landoi
    A. Schwartz, 1965
  • Colorhogia redimita
    Cope, 1862

Arrhyton redimitum, also known commonly as the Oriente brown-capped racerlet, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Cuba.

Geographic range

A. redimitum is found in extreme southeastern Cuba.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. redimitum are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in coffee plantations.

Reproduction

A. redimitum is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Fong, A. (2017). "Arrhyton redimitum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T190593A71748301. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T190593A71748301.en.
  2. ^ Arrhyton redimitum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.

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. (Arrhyton redimitum, new combination, p. 252).
  • Cope, ED (1862). "Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridæ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14: 60–82. (Colorhogia redimita, new species, pp. 81–82).
  • Hedges, S.B.; Garrido, O.H. (1992). "Cuban snakes of the genus Arrhyton: two new species and a reconsideration of A. redimitum Cope". Herpetologica. 48: 168–177.
  • Schwartz, A (1965). "A review of the colubrid snake genus Arrhyton with a description of a new subspecies from Southern Oriente Province, Cuba". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washungton. 78: 99–113. (Arrhyton vittatum landoi, new subspecies, pp. 109–113 + Figures 10–12, 14–16).
Taxon identifiers
Arrhyton redimitum


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