Alsophiini

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Tribus: Alsophiini
Genera (12): Alsophis – Antillophis – Arrhyton – Borikenophis – Caraiba – Cubophis – Darlingtonia – Haitiophis – Hypsirhynchus – Ialtris – Magliophis – Uromacer

Genera disputed (2): Ocyophis – Schwartzophis
Name

Alsophiini Fitzinger, 1843: 25

Type genus: Alsophis Fitzinger, 1843.
Synonymy

Alsophes Fitzinger, 1843: 25 [original spelling]

References
Additional references

Zaher, H., Grazziotin, F.G., Cadle, J.E., Murphy, R.W., Moura-Leite, J.C. & Bonatto, S.L. 2009. Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 49(11): 115–153. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492009001100001 Open access Reference page.
Hedges, S.B., Couloux, A. & Vidal, N. 2009. Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the tribe Alsophiini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae). Zootaxa 2067: 1–28. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Burbrink, F.T.; Ruane, S.; Pyron, R.A. 2012: When are adaptive radiations replicated in areas? Ecological opportunity and unexceptional diversification in West Indian dipsadine snakes (Colubridae: Alsophiini). Journal of biogeography, 39(3): 465–475. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02621.x Reference page.
Grazziotin, F.G., Zaher, H., Murphy, R.W., Scrocchi, G., Altamirano-Benevides, M.A., Zhang, Y.-P. & Bonatto, S.L. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics 28(5): 437–459. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x Paywall Reference page.
Krysko, K.L., Steadman, D.W., Nuñez, L.P. & Lee, D.S. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Caribbean dipsadid (Xenodontinae: Alsophiini) snakes, including identification of the first record from the Cay Sal Bank, The Bahamas. Zootaxa 4028(3): 441–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.9. Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Alsophiini. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 July 2018.