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Genus
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFF4C959AC907B988" bold="true" box="[237,311,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ialtris</emphasis>
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species.
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFEE195ECCA16B9C3" box="[320,550,225,250]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Philodryas dorsalis</emphasis>
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:126
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.
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFF64940AC974B818" bold="true" box="[197,324,263,289]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Species in this genus have 19 midbody scale rows, 132192 ventrals, 40115 subcaudals, zero or two apical scale pits, seven upper labials, 89 lower labials, 1819 total maxillary teeth, and 2024 dentary teeth (
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).
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFEFC9458C999B857" box="[349,425,341,366]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ialtris</emphasis>
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differs in at least one of these characters from all other alsophiine genera except
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.
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In most
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFE749471CA16B8AC" box="[469,550,380,405]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ialtris</emphasis>
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, maxillary teeth are grooved whereas in
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFB9E9471CCCFB8AC" box="[1087,1279,380,405]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Hypsirhynchus</emphasis>
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(as in other alsophiines) they are ungrooved; in
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFDE894AFCAE7B882" box="[585,727,418,443]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">I. haetianus</emphasis>
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they are ungrooved. Also, most
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFBC594AFCD27B882" box="[1124,1303,418,443]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Hypsirhynchus</emphasis>
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have eight upper labials whereas
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFE0094C4C9D9B8DB" box="[417,489,457,482]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ialtris</emphasis>
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has seven upper labials; the small Jamaican
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFBA194C4CC81B8DB" box="[1024,1201,457,482]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Hypsirhynchus</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFB6294C4CD5FB8DB" box="[1219,1391,457,482]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">H. callilaemus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFADE94C4C8CBBB30" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">H. funereus</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFE9A94FDC9F8BB30" box="[315,456,496,521]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">H. polylepis</emphasis>
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) have seven upper labials (
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).
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFF64971BC901BB09" bold="true" box="[197,305,534,560]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Content.</emphasis>
Four species (six species + subspecies) are included in the genus (
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).
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFF649730C955BB6E" bold="true" box="[197,357,573,599]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Distribution.</emphasis>
The genus is distributed on Hispaniola (
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).
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFF64976EC90EBB44" bold="true" box="[197,318,611,637]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFEE79769C9BEBB44" box="[326,398,612,637]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ialtris</emphasis>
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(
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E) includes the former Genus
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFCE89769CBD2BB44" box="[841,994,612,637]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Darlingtonia</emphasis>
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with its single species (
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFB5E9769CDA2BB44" box="[1279,1426,612,637]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A. haetianus</emphasis>
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) and three subspecies (the
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFE709787CA76BB9A" box="[465,582,650,675]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">haetianus</emphasis>
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Group) and the three species in the genus
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFBF09787CCABBB9A" box="[1105,1179,650,675]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ialtris</emphasis>
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(the
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFB7A9787CD0DBB9A" box="[1243,1341,650,675]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">dorsalis</emphasis>
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Group) (
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). Besides the strong molecular support for the monophyly of this genus, there is some morphological support as well. All four species of the Genus
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFD1097D5CAC8BBC8" box="[689,760,728,753]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ialtris</emphasis>
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have seven upper labials, a rare number found only in the three species of the
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFE2697F2CA21BA21" box="[391,529,767,792]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">callilaemus</emphasis>
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group (
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) of the genus
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFC2197F2CC02BA21" box="[896,1074,767,792]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Hypsirhynchus</emphasis>
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, among other members of the Subtribe Alsophiina (which otherwise have eight). Also, two species of the genus
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFBD39628CC8BBA07" box="[1138,1211,805,830]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ialtris</emphasis>
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(
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFB6C9628CD77BA07" box="[1229,1351,805,830]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A. agyrtes</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFA239628C93BBA5C" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">A. haetianus</emphasis>
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) lack apical scale pits; such pits are present in the genera
<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFC689641CCEFBA5C" box="[969,1247,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicName id="28E74D48F74AFFEFFC689641CC03BA5C" box="[969,1075,844,869]" class="Reptilia" family="Colubridae" genus="Alsophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Alsophis</taxonomicName>
,
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</emphasis>
, and
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFA839641CDA4BA5C" box="[1314,1428,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Cubophis</emphasis>
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, and absent in the Genus
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFE1B967FCA0FBAB2" box="[442,575,882,907]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Magliophis</emphasis>
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. Thus, the Genus
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFCB9967FCB50BAB2" box="[792,864,882,907]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ialtris</emphasis>
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is separable from all other genera of Alsophiina except
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFF4A9694C9AABA8B" box="[235,410,921,946]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Hypsirhynchus</emphasis>
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. Relationships among the genera of the Subtribe Alsophiina are not well-resolved (
<figureCitation id="77DC2A4EF74AFFEFFACD9694C895BAE3" captionStart="FIGURE 1. A" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1833,1857]" captionTargetBox="[379,1213,185,1804]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[379,1215,185,1807]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 1. A phylogeny of Alsophiini. Bayesian tree obtained from the combined data set of six genes (RAG 2, 12 S &amp; 16 S rRNA, cytochrome b, ND 2 and ND 4; 3387 sites). Alsophis portoricensis portoricensis and A. p. anegadae have identical sequences at all genes sampled, and therefore the latter taxon is not shown. Values are ML bootstrap values above 70 % followed by Bayesian posterior probabilities above 90 %. The generic taxonomy in this tree reflects usage prior to this study and shows paraphyly and polyphyly of Alsophis (blue), Arrhyton (purple), and Antillophis (orange). See Table 1 and Figure 4 for the new classification proposed here." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/187019/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
), and it might be that these two genera (
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFD3A96CDCAD6BAE0" box="[667,742,960,985]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Ialtris</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="DD93EAD9F74AFFEFFC8296CDCBE8BAE0" box="[803,984,960,985]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Hypsirhynchus</emphasis>
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) occurring on Hispaniola are closest relatives.
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