''Hypsirhynchus'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of snakes of the subfamily
Dipsadinae.
found on
Jamaica
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,
Hispaniola
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(
Haiti
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and the
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
), and the
Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...
.
Species
* ''
Hypsirhynchus ater''
(Gosse, 1851)
* ''
Hypsirhynchus callilaemus''
(Gosse, 1851)
* ''
Hypsirhynchus ferox''
Günther, 1858
* ''
Hypsirhynchus funereus''
(Cope, 1862)
* ''
Hypsirhynchus melanichnus''
(Cope, 1862)
* ''
Hypsirhynchus parvifrons''
(Cope, 1862)
* ''
Hypsirhynchus polylepis''
(Buden, 1966)
* ''
Hypsirhynchus scalaris''
Cope, 1863
References
Snake genera
Dipsadidae
Reptiles of the Dominican Republic
Reptiles of Haiti
Reptiles of Jamaica
Reptiles of the Bahamas
Snakes of the Caribbean
Taxa named by Albert Günther
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