Pseudalsophis occidentalis (Van Denburgh, 1912) is a animal in the Colubridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pseudalsophis occidentalis (Van Denburgh, 1912)

Pseudalsophis occidentalis (Van Denburgh, 1912)

Pseudalsophis occidentalis, the Western Galapagos racer, is a colubrid snake found only in the Galápagos Islands.

Family
Genus
Pseudalsophis
Order
Class
Squamata

About Pseudalsophis occidentalis (Van Denburgh, 1912)

Pseudalsophis occidentalis, originally described by Van Denburgh in 1912, is commonly called the Western Galapagos racer. It is a species of snake that belongs to the family Colubridae. This snake is native to the Galápagos Islands, where it occurs on Fernandina Island, Isabela Island, and the two small nearby islets of Isla Cowley and Isla Tortuga.

Photo: (c) Rich Hoyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rich Hoyer · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Colubridae Pseudalsophis

More from Colubridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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