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Genus of snakes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Borikenophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae endemic to the Puerto Rican archipelago and the Virgin Islands.
Borikenophis | |
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Borikenophis portoricensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: | Borikenophis Hedges & Vidal, 2009 |
Species | |
4, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Alsophis |
The genus name comes from Borikén, the Taíno word for Puerto Rico and ophis, Greek for "snake".
Listed alphabetically.[1]
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