NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Banded Galapagos Snake
Pseudalsophis slevini (Van Denburgh, 1912)
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.
Pseudalsophis slevini
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Open encyclopedia reference
Pseudalsophis slevini , the banded Galapagos snake or Pinzon racer, is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is named for Joseph Slevin, a curator at the California Academy of Sciences.
Wikipedia contributors, Pseudalsophis slevini; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:01:32.344053+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pseudalsophis slevini (Van Denburgh, 1912)
- Name authority
- (Van Denburgh, 1912)
- Common name
- Banded Galapagos Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Pseudalsophis
- 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
- genusPseudalsophis
- speciesPseudalsophis slevini (Van Denburgh, 1912)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pseudalsophis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pseudalsophis dorsalis (Steindachner, 1876) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis occidentalis (Van Denburgh, 1912) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis darwini Zaher, Yánez-Muñoz, Rodrigues, Graboski, Machado, Altamirano-Benavides, Bonatto & Grazziotin, 2018 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis hephaestus Zaher, Yánez-Muñoz, Rodrigues, Graboski, Machado, Altamirano-Benavides, Bonatto & Grazziotin, 2018 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis thomasi Zaher, Yánez-Muñoz, Rodrigues, Graboski, Machado, Altamirano-Benavides, Bonatto & Grazziotin, 2018 | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Galapagos RacerPseudalsophis biserialis (Günther, 1860) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis elegans (Tschudi, 1845) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pseudalsophis hoodensis (Van Denburgh, 1912) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Striped Galapagos SnakePseudalsophis steindachneri (Van Denburgh, 1912) | 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 |
|---|---|
| Dromicus slevini Van Denburgh, 1912 Van Denburgh, 1912 | 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=Pseudalsophis&species=slevini 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.
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:4NJNL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.