Borikenophis sanctaecrucis www.reptile-database.org. este o specie de șarpe din familia Colubridae. Specia este endemică la Saint Croix, Insulele Virgine Americane.
Etimologie Numele specific, sanctaecrucis, se referă la insula Saint Croix,Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Alsophis sanctaecrucis, p. 251). pe care a fost colectat holotipul.
Habitat Habitatul natural preferat al lui B. sanctaerucis este pădurea.
Descriere B. sanctaecrucis poate atinge o lungime de . Are solzi dorsali netezi, care sunt aranjați în 17 rânduri la mijlocul corpului.Schwartz A (1996). "Snakes of the Genus Alsophis in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands". Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 23 (90): 175–227. (Alsophis sancticrucis, pp. 214–217 + Figure 51 on p. 224 & Figure 57 on p. 227).
Holotipul are o lungime totală de , care include o coadă de lungime.Cope ED (1860).
Reproducere B. sanctaecrucis este ovipar.
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Bibliografie Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II. Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Dromicus sanctæ-crucis, new combination and emendation, p. 122). Cope ED (1862). "Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridæ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 60–82. (Alsophis sancticrucis, new species, p. 76). Hedges SB, Couloux A, Vidal N (2009). "Molecular phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of West Indian racer snakes of the Tribe Alsophini (Squamata, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae)". Zootaxa 2067: 1–28. (Borikenophis sanctaecrucis, new combination). Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. . (Alsophis sanctaecrucis, p. 576). Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Alsophis sancticrucis, p. 173).
Categorie:Alsophis Categorie:Fauna endemică a Insulelor Virgine ale Statelor Unite Categorie:Reptile din Insulele Virgine ale Statelor Unite Categorie:Reptile descrise în 1862