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Red-bellied Racer

Alsophis rufiventris

Classification

The red-bellied racer (Alsophis rufiventris), also known as the Saba racer, black racer or orange-bellied racer, is a species of snake belonging to the family Colubridae. This snake is endemic to the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, where it is found on the islands of Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, and Nevis. Taxonomy The red-bellied racer was first formally described as Dromicus rufiventris in 1854 by the French zoologists André Marie Constant Duméril, Gabriel Bibron and Auguste Duméril with its type locality given erroneously as "Brasil".

Distribution

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