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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.




Geographic range


Species in the genus Pseudalsophis are found in Ecuador (particularly the Galápagos), Chile and Peru.




Species


Ten species are recognized as being valid.

Pseudalsophis biserialis (Günther, 1860) – Galápagos racer
Pseudalsophis darwini (Zaher, Yánez-Muñoz, Rodrigues, Graboski, Machado, Altamirano-Benavides, Bonatto, & Grazziotin, 2018) – Darwin's racer
Pseudalsophis dorsalis (Steindachner, 1876) – Central Galapagos racer
Pseudalsophis elegans (Tschudi, 1845)
Pseudalsophis hephaestus (Zaher et al, Yánez-Muñoz, Rodrigues, Graboski, Machado, Altamirano-Benavides, Bonatto, & Grazziotin, 2018) – Santiago racer
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) – Thomas's racer
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudalsophis.




Etymology


The specific names, slevini and steidachneri, are in honor of American herpetologist Joseph Richard Slevin and Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner, respectively.




References






Further reading


Zaher, Hussam; Grazziotin, Felipe Gobbi; Cadle, John E.; Murphy, Robert W.; de Moura-Leite, Julio Cesar; Bonatto, Sandro (2009). "Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49 (11): 115–153. (Pseudalsophis, new genus). (in English, with abstracts in English and Portuguese).

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dipsadinae
• Pseudalsophis
• Pseudalsophis hephaestus
• Pseudalsophis slevini
• Pseudalsophis elegans
• Pseudalsophis darwini
• List of animals in the Galápagos Islands
• Pseudalsophis occidentalis
• Pseudalsophis steindachneri
• Pseudalsophis dorsalis
• Pseudalsophis hoodensis

Pseudalsophis slevini - Wikiwand

Racers of Ecuador

Racers of Ecuador

Racers of Ecuador

Galápagos and Elegant Racers (Genus Pseudalsophis) · iNaturalist

Santiago Racer (Pseudalsophis hephaestus) · iNaturalist

Photos of the Thomas' Racer (Pseudalsophis thomasi)

Fernandina Racer (Pseudalsophis occidentalis) · iNaturalist

Galápagos Racer (Pseudalsophis biserialis) · iNaturalist

Santiago Racer (Pseudalsophis hephaestus)

Pinzón Island Racer (Pseudalsophis slevini)

Elegant Racer (Pseudalsophis elegans)