Caribbean Racers
Alsophis
Alsophis is a genus of snakes in the Colubroid Dipsadidae family. They are among those snakes called "racers" and occur throughout the Caribbean. One species in the genus Alsophis is one of the world’s rarest known snakes. Snakes of the genus Alsophis are small and rear-fanged snakes, and they are considered harmless to humans. This genus contains at least eight described species. Several species once included in this genus have been placed in the genera Borikenophis...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Anguilla Bank Racer
speciesAlsophis rijgersmaei
Red-bellied Racer
speciesAlsophis rufiventris
Dominican Racer
speciesAlsophis sibonius
Montserrat Racer
speciesAlsophis manselli
Terre-de-Haut Racer
speciesAlsophis sanctonum
Terre-de-Bas Racer
speciesAlsophis danforthi
Antiguan Racer
speciesAlsophis antiguae
Guadeloupe Racer
speciesAlsophis antillensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 30111.