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. 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).