Talk:Borikenophis portoricensis

Classification/Article Title: Alsophis portoricensis or Borikenophis portoricensis ?
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Perhaps additional editors might care to comment.

I see two issues to deal with: Thanks, Mercy11 (talk) 13:12, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) How should it be classified (Alsophis portoricensis or Borikenophis portoricensis)?
 * 2) How should the article be titled (Alsophis portoricensis? Borikenophis portoricensis? Puerto Rican racer? Culebra corredora? Puerto Rican Racer? Culebra Corredora? something else?)?
 * Hi, I don't know a lot about the classification of many reptiles other than anoles but I can tell you that the most recent taxonomic work done on this species (2009) placed it in the genus Borikenophis, this is also the Classification used by The Reptile Database. This classification was based on DNA sequence analysis and has yet to be contested so I think you should use Borikenophis as the Genus name.As for the common name I think Puerto Rican racer would be the best choice for the article title,i don't know if there are any other racer snakes on Puerto Rico but I don't think many people would be very familiar with any of the two generic names to find the article and Culebra Corredora could  be redirected there and listed as an alternate name.If there is indeed more than one racer snake on Puerto Rico then perhaps a disambiguation page for Puerto Rican racer should be set up.--Jamaican college grad (talk) 01:02, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * We probably should go with The Reptile Daabase, which follows the 2009 study by Hedges. Hedges both created the genus Borikenophis, and recognized Borikenophis variegatus as a species (not as a subspecies of B. portoricensis. If we follow Hedges consistently, as the Reptile Database does, there are now two species with the common name "Puerto Rican racer". I'll move this page to Borikenophis portoricensis, and make a dab for the common name. Plantdrew (talk) 20:29, 11 September 2013 (UTC)