Pseudalsophis slevini , the Banded Galapagos snake or Pinzon racer, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is named for Joseph Slevin, a curator at the California Academy of Sciences.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Pseudalsophis |
Species: | P. slevini
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Binomial name | |
Pseudalsophis slevini (Van Denburgh, 1912)
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Geographic range
editThe snake is endemic to Pinzon Island in the Galápagos Islands.[2]
References
edit- ^ Márquez, C.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2019). "Pseudalsophis slevini ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T190543A54447674. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Pseudalsophis slevini". Reptile Database. Retrieved 23 January 2019.