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Galapagos Racer

Pseudalsophis eibli (Mertens, 1960)

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Ecuador: Galapagos Islands (San Cristobal)
Also published as
Dromicus biserialis eibli Mertens, 1960
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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References

  • Günther, A. (1860). On a new snake from the Galapagos islands. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 6: 78-79.
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. (2019). Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (E178).
  • Zaher, H.; Scrocchi, G. & Masiero, R. (2008). Rediscovery and redescription of the type of Philodryas laticeps Werner, 1900 and the taxonomic status of P. oligolepis Gomes, 1921 (Serpentes, Colubridae). Zootaxa 1940: 25–40.
  • Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F. and Carolina Reyes-Puig. (2023). Natural History and Conservation of the Galapagos Snake Radiation. In: Lillywhite & Martins, eds., Islands and snakes, vol. II. Oxford University Press, P. 157 Ff.
  • Grehan, & John. (2001). Biogeography and evolution of the Galapagos: integration of the biological and geological evidence. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 74: 267–287.
  • Heller, & Edmund. (1901). Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898-1899. WIV. Reptiles. Proc. Washington Academy Sci. 14: 39-98.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.