Ialtris is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the island of Hispaniola.
| Ialtris | |
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| Ialtris agyrtes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Ialtris Cope, 1862[1][2] |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Darlingtonia Cochran, 1935 | |
Geographic range
editSpecies of the genus Ialtris are found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[4]
Species and subspecies
editThe genus Ialtris contains the following four species which are recognized as being valid. One of these species, I. haetianus, has three recognized subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies.[4]
- Ialtris agyrtes Schwartz & Rossman, 1976- Barahona red-headed racer, Barreras fanged snake
- Ialtris dorsalis (Günther, 1858) - Hispaniolan W-headed racer, brown fanged snake
- Ialtris haetianus (Cochran, 1935)- Hispaniolan upland racer, Haitian ground snake
- Ialtris parishi Cochran, 1932 - Tiburon banded racer, Parish's fanged snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies, respectively, was originally described in a genus other than Ialtris.
References
edit- ^ "Ialtris ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ "Ialtris ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de. (in German).
- ^ Species Ialtris haetianus at The Reptile Database
- ^ a b Genus Ialtris at The Reptile Database.
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Ialtris and species I. dorsalis, p. 137, Figure 7 + Plate VII, figure 2).
- 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. (Ialtris, new genus, p. 74).
- Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians & Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Darlingtonia haetiana, p. 598; Ialtris agyrtes, I. dorsalis, I. parishi, p. 614).
- 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. (Darlingtonia haetianus, pp. 181–182; Ialtris dorsalis, pp. 187–188; I. parishi, p. 188).