NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Common Hispaniolan Racer
Hypsirhynchus parvifrons (Cope, 1862)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Hypsirhynchus parvifrons, the common Hispaniolan racer, Cope's Antilles snake, or Hispaniolan black racer is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas.
Wikipedia contributors, Hypsirhynchus parvifrons; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:49:35.345382+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hypsirhynchus parvifrons (Cope, 1862)
- Name authority
- (Cope, 1862)
- Common name
- Common Hispaniolan Racer
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Hypsirhynchus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyDipsadinae
- genusHypsirhynchus
- speciesHypsirhynchus parvifrons (Cope, 1862)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hypsirhynchus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Jamaican Red GroundsnakeHypsirhynchus callilaemus (Gosse, 1851) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jamaican Long-tailed GroundsnakeHypsirhynchus polylepis (Buden, 1966) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jamaica RacerHypsirhynchus ater (Gosse, 1851) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hispaniola Cat-eyed SnakeHypsirhynchus ferox Günther, 1858 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jamaican Black GroundsnakeHypsirhynchus funereus (Cope, 1862) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hispaniolan Olive RacerHypsirhynchus melanichnus (Cope, 1862) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tiburon Hog-nosed RacerHypsirhynchus scalaris Cope, 1862 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Antillophis parvifrons tortuganus (Dunn, 1920) (Dunn, 1920) | synonym |
| Dromicus parvifrons paraniger Thomas & Schwartz, 1965 Thomas & Schwartz, 1965 | synonym |
| Dromicus parvifrons stygius Thomas & Schwartz, 1965 Thomas & Schwartz, 1965 | synonym |
| Dromicus parvifrons Cope, 1862 Cope, 1862 | synonym |
| Leptophis frenatus Fischer, 1883 Fischer, 1883 | synonym |
| Dromicus parvifrons rosamondae Cochran, 1934 Cochran, 1934 | synonym |
| Leimadophis parvifrons niger Dunn, 1920 Dunn, 1920 | synonym |
| Dromicus protenus Jan, 1867 Jan, 1867 | synonym |
| Leimadophis alleni Dunn, 1920 Dunn, 1920 | synonym |
| Leimadophis tortuganus Dunn, 1920 Dunn, 1920 | synonym |
| Dromicus protenus Jan, 1863 Jan, 1863 | synonym |
| Leimadophis parvifrons lincolni Cochran, 1931 Cochran, 1931 | synonym |
| Hypsirhynchus parvifrons protenus (Jan, 1867) (Jan, 1867) | ambiguous synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Hypsirhynchus&species=parvifrons Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3P49T. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.