{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = A Guantanamo snake.jpg | image_caption = ''Cubophis cantherigerus'' | taxon = Cubophis | authority = Hedges et al., 2009 | subdivision_ranks = Species }}
'''''Cubophis''''' is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae.<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL genus|genus=Cubophis}}. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> They are found in the northwestern Caribbean.
==Species== The following six species are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB/> *''Cubophis brooksi'' <small>(Barbour, 1914)</small> - Little Swan Island, Honduras - Swan Island racer *''Cubophis cantherigerus'' <small>(Bibron, 1843)</small> - Cuba, Bahamas (Cay Sal Bank) - Cuban racer *''Cubophis caymanus'' <small>(Garman, 1887)</small> - Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - Grand Cayman racer *''Cubophis fuscicauda'' <small>(Garman, 1888)</small> - Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - Cayman Brac racer *''Cubophis ruttyi'' <small>(Grant, 1941)</small> - Little Cayman, Cayman Islands - Little Cayman racer *''Cubophis vudii'' <small>(Cope, 1862)</small> - Bahamas - Bahamian racer
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== *Hedges SB, 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. (''Cubophis'', new genus, p. 14).
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Category:Snake genera Category:Cubophis Category:Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges Category:Snakes of the Caribbean
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