| 词条 | Barbados racer |
| 释义 |
| name = Barbados racer | image = | status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | genus = Erythrolamprus | species = perfuscus | authority = Cope, 1862 | synonyms = * Liophis perfuscus (Cope, 1862)
}} The Barbados racer (Erythrolamprus perfuscus), also commonly known as the tan ground snake, was a species of colubrid snake that was endemic to Barbados.[1][2] HistoryThis species was often believed to be the snake described by Richard Ligon in his "A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes" (1657):[4] "Having done with Beasts and Birds, we will enquire what other lesser Animalls or Insects there are upon the Iland, of which, Snakes are the chiefe, because the largest; and I have seen some of those a yard and a halfe long."[3] Conservation statusIt is believed to be extinct, as there has not been a confirmed sighting since 1961.[4][5][6][7] Habitat loss is believed to have caused its decline, particularly the land clearance and pesticide use associated with tree crops.[8] DescriptionIt grew to a total length of {{convert|1|m|in|abbr=on}}, which included a tail {{convert|20|cm|in|abbr=on}} long.[9] It was colored brown with lighter sides, and light lateral stripes to the rear.[10] Habitat, behavior, and dietIt probably lived in mesic habitats, and actively foraged during the day for lizards and frogs.[10] Footnotes1. ^1 Daltry, J.C. 2016. Erythrolamprus perfuscus (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12081A115104581. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12081A71739729.en. Downloaded on 02 October 2018. 2. ^{{NRDB species|genus=Erythrolamprus |species=perfuscus |accessdate=28 January 2016}} 3. ^{{cite book |title=A True and Exact History of the Island of Barbadoes |last=Ligon |first=Richard |year=1657 |location=London |url=http://media.wix.com/ugd/f295da_e1cc09fda4524e6aab26e7e904e43a30.pdf}} 4. ^1 {{cite book|author1=Adrian Hailey|author2=Byron Wilson|author3=Julia Horrocks|title=Conservation of Caribbean Island Herpetofaunas Volume 2: Regional Accounts of the West Indies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNdbVSDfF6oC&pg=PA89|date=7 April 2011|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-19408-3|pages=99–100}} 5. ^{{harvnb|Malhotra|Thorpe|1999|p=98}} ("[I]t is almost certainly extinct") 6. ^{{harvnb|Government of Barbados|2002|p=55}} ("If it is not already extinct, Liophis is certainly one of the world’s rarest species") 7. ^{{harvnb|Powell|Henderson|2005|p=65}} (listing L. perfuscus as "probably extinct" and "eliminated" from Barbados). 8. ^{{harvnb|Government of Barbados|2002|p=55}}. 9. ^Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, Printers.) London. xi + 382 pp. + Plates I.- XX. (Liophis perfuscus, p. 133.) 10. ^1 {{harvnb|Malhotra|Thorpe|1999|p=98}}. References
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