Arrhyton redimitum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Arrhyton |
| Species: | A. redimitum
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| Arrhyton redimitum (Cope, 1862)
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Arrhyton redimitum, also known commonly as the Oriente brown-capped racerlet, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.[2] The species is endemic to Cuba.[2]
Geographic range
[edit]A. redimitum is found in extreme southeastern Cuba.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitats of A. redimitum are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in coffee plantations.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Fong, A. (2017). "Arrhyton redimitum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T190593A71748301. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T190593A71748301.en.
- ^ a b c d Arrhyton redimitum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
Further reading
[edit]- 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).
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