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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = A Guantanamo snake.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Cubophis cantherigerus]]''
| taxon = Cubophis
| authority =  [[Stephen Blair Hedges|Hedges]] et al., 2009
| subdivision_ranks = Species
}}
'''''Cubophis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[snake]]s in the [[Family (biology)|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>([[Thomas Barbour|Barbour]], 1914)</small> - [[Little Swan Island]], [[Honduras]] - Swan Island racer
*''[[Cubophis cantherigerus]]'' <small>([[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]], 1843)</small> - [[Cuba]], [[Bahamas]] ([[Cay Sal Bank]]) - Cuban racer
*''[[Cubophis caymanus]]'' <small>([[Samuel Garman|Garman]], 1887)</small> - [[Grand Cayman]], [[Cayman Islands]] - Grand Cayman racer
*''[[Cubophis fuscicauda]]'' <small>(Garman, 1888)</small> - Cayman Islands - Cayman Brac racer
*''[[Cubophis ruttyi]]'' <small>([[Chapman Grant|Grant]], 1941)</small> - Cayman Islands - Little Cayman racer
*''[[Cubophis vudii]]'' <small>([[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1862)</small> - Bahamas - Bahamian racer
==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[Stephen Blair Hedges|Hedges SB]], [[Arnaud Couloux|Couloux A]], [[Nicolas Vidal|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.&nbsp;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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