Pseudalsophis
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| Pseudalsophis | |
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| Pseudalsophis dorsalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Pseudalsophis Hussam Zaher et al., 2009 |
| Species | |
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Ten | |
| Synonyms | |
Pseudalsophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America. Out of the ten species, nine are endemic to the Galapagos Islands.
Species
Ten species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Pseudalsophis biserialis (Günther, 1860) – Galápagos racer
- Pseudalsophis darwini (Zaher, Yánez-Muñoz, Rodrigues, Graboski, Machado, Altamirano-Benavides, Bonatto, & Grazziotin, 2018) – Darwin's racer[2]
- Pseudalsophis dorsalis (Steindachner, 1876) – Central Galapagos racer
- Pseudalsophis elegans (Tschudi, 1845) – South American elegant racer, Guayaquil racer
- Pseudalsophis hephaestus (Zaher et al, Yánez-Muñoz, Rodrigues, Graboski, Machado, Altamirano-Benavides, Bonatto, & Grazziotin, 2018) – Santiago racer[2]
- Pseudalsophis hoodensis (Van Denburgh, 1912) – Espanola racer
- Pseudalsophis occidentalis (Van Denburgh, 1912) – Western Galapagos racer
- Pseudalsophis slevini (Van Denburgh, 1912) – Banded Galápagos snake
- Pseudalsophis steindachneri (Van Denburgh, 1912) – Striped Galápagos snake
- Pseudalsophis thomasi (Zaher et al., 2018)[2] – Thomas's racer
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudalsophis.
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