Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Antillophis Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Antillophis Hispaniolan Lesser Racer Hispaniola-Zwergzornnatter Hispaniolansk Dværgpilsnog 1970 Antillophis Maglio (type species: Dromicus parvifrons Cope 1863) Contents: 1 species, which is endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Regarded as a synonym of Hypsirhynchus by Hedges, Couloux & Vidal (2009), but revalidated by Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto (2012). Distribution: As for the single species. Meristic and other data of the world's snakes. Compiled by V. Wallach Key to abbreviations Head drawings of the genus Antillophis. Compiled by V. Wallach Antillophis parvifrons Hispaniolan Lesser Racer Hispaniola-Zwergzornnatter Hispaniolansk Dværgpilsnog 1863 Dromicus parvifrons Cope Antillophis parvifrons Maglio 1970 Hypsirhynchus parvifrons Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009 1867 Dromicus protenus Jan Dromicus parvifrons protenus Barbour 1937 Antillophis parvifrons protenus Maglio 1970 Hypsirhynchus protenus Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009 1883 Leptophis frenatus Fischer (Schwartz & Henderson 1988) 1920 Leimadophis alleni Dunn Dromicus alleni Barbour 1937 Antillophis parvifrons alleni Maglio 1970 Hypsirhynchus parvifrons alleni Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009 1920 Leimadophis parvifrons niger Dunn Dromicus parvifrons niger Barbour 1937 Antillophis parvifrons niger Maglio 1970 Hypsirhynchus parvifrons niger Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009 1920 Leimadophis tortuganus Dunn Dromicus parvifrons tortuganus Barbour 1937 Antillophis parvifrons tortuganus Maglio 1970 Hypsirhynchus parvifrons tortuganus Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009 1931 Leimadophis parvifrons lincolni Cochran Dromicus parvifrons lincolni Barbour 1937 Antillophis parvifrons lincolni Maglio 1970 Hypsirhynchus parvifrons lincolni Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009 1934 Dromicus parvifrons rosamondae Cochran Antillophis parvifrons rosamondae Maglio 1970 Hypsirhynchus parvifrons rosamondae Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009 1965 Dromicus parvifrons paraniger Thomas & Schwartz Antillophis parvifrons paraniger Maglio 1970 Hypsirhynchus parvifrons paraniger Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009 1965 Dromicus parvifrons stygius Thomas & Schwartz Antillophis parvifrons stygius Maglio 1970 Hypsirhynchus parvifrons stygius Hedges, Couloux & Vidal 2009 Other common names: niger: Peninsula de Samaná Racer paraniger: Dominican Republic Racer rosamondae: Île-à-Vache Racer stygius: Isla Saóna Racer tortuganus: Tortuga Island Racer Remarks: A single record from the Bahamas (Little Inagua Island) is based on a presumed vagrant (Henderson & Powell 2009). Introduced to: Bahamas. Distribution: Dominican Republic, Haiti (incl. Ile Grande Cayemite, Ile de la Gonâve, Ile-à-Vache).