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(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
Plate 4.2, 4.3
(
Continued
)
mild-to-moderate local effects (e.g., edema of varying severity,
local bleeding, mild ecchymoses, and, uncommonly, minor blisters; see
Tables 4.1 and 4.3
, and
Section 4.2).
Plate 4.2 (A-D) Puerto Rican racer,
culebra corredora puertorriqueña
[
Alsophis
(
Borikenophis
)
portoricensis
].
Plate 4.2 (E and F) Puerto Rican racer
[
Alsophis
(
Borikenophis
)
portoricensis
] responsible
for the bite shown in Plate 4.4.
Plate 4.2A, photo copyright to Gad Perry; Plate 4.2B-D, photos copyright to Robert Powell;
Plate 4.2E and F, Mosquito Island, United States Virgin Islands, photos copyright to Kevel
Lindsay.
(A)
(B)
Plate 4.3
(A-C) Dominica racer, Antilles racer (
Alsophis sibonius
).
This species was
previously considered a subspecies of
A. antillensis
(
A. a. sibonius
Cope), but was raised to a
full species by Hedges et al. (2009). There are no documented cases of bites by this species.
