Arrhyton

Arrhyton[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Arrhyton Günther, 1858
Species
9 recognized species, see article

Arrhyton is a

All species in the genus Arrhyton are endemic to Cuba.^[2]

Species

The following species are recognized as being valid.^[3]

• Arrhyton ainictum (Schwartz & Garrido, 1981) – Cuban island racer^[4]
• Arrhyton albicollum Diaz, Fong, Salas, & Hedges, 2021) – Gibara white-collared racerlet
• Arrhyton dolichura (F. Werner, 1909) – Habana island racer
• Arrhyton procerum (Hedges & Garrido, 1992) – Zapata long-tailed groundsnake^[5]
• Arrhyton redimitum (Cope, 1862) – Oriente brown-capped racerlet^[6]
• Arrhyton supernum (Hedges & Garrido, 1992) – Oriente black groundsnake^[7]
• Arrhyton taeniatum Günther, 1858 – Günther's island racer^[8]
• Arrhyton tanyplectum (Schwartz & Garrido, 1981) – San Vincente island racer^[9]
• Arrhyton vittatum Gundlach, 1861 – common island racer^[10]

References

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Genus Arrhyton, p. 251).
• Günther A (1858). Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xvi + 281 pp. (Arrhyton, new genus, p. 240, 244).
• Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Arrhyton dolichurum, p. 177; A. taeniatum, p. 178; A. vittatum, pp. 178–179).

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