Hypsirhynchus callilaemus
Species of snake
Hypsirhynchus callilaemus | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Hypsirhynchus |
Species: | H. callilaemus |
Binomial name | |
Hypsirhynchus callilaemus (Gosse, 1851) |
Hypsirhynchus callilaemus, the Jamaican red racer, Jamaican red racerlet, or Jamaican red ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Jamaica.[2] It is found on all parishes of the island except Hanover and forages for lizards and frogs in the night.