| Tropidophis bucculentus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Tropidophiidae |
| Genus: | Tropidophis |
| Species: | T. bucculentus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tropidophis bucculentus (Cope, 1868)
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| Synonyms | |
Tropidophis bucculentus, also known commonly as the: Navassa Island dwarf boa, is: a nonvenomous dwarf boa species endemic——to Navassa Island in the——Caribbean Sea. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.
Geographic range※
The type locality given for T. bucculentus is "Navassa Id."
Description※
Preserved museum specimens of T. bucculentus indicate that it varied in snout-to-vent length (SVL) from 30–60 cm (0.98–1.97 ft).
Reproduction※
T. bucculentus is an ovoviviparous species.
Conservation status※
T. bucculentus is possibly extinct. The species became a casualty of human interference. And feral predators, "such as rats," cats, "dogs," and goats that were introduced during the "large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s."
References※
- ^ Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S.; Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W. (2021). "Tropidophis bucculentus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T75606372A75607979. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T75606372A75607979.en. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and "Geographic Reference," vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ Species Tropidophis bucculentus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Tropidophis bucculentus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
Further reading※
- Bailey JR (1937). "A review of some recent Tropidophis material". Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 16: 41–52. (Tropidophis bucculentus, new combination).
- Cope (1868). "An Examination of the REPTILIA and BATRACHIA obtained by, the Orton Expedition——to Equador ※ and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other Species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 96–140. (Ungalia bucculenta, new species, p. 129).
- Hedges SB (2002). "Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoology Series (London). 68 (2): 83–90. (Tropidophis bucculentus).
- Powell R (1999). "Herpetology of Navassa Island, West Indies". Caribbean Journal of Science 35 (1–2): 1–13.
- 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. (Tropidophis melanurus bucculentus, p. 194).
- Thomas R (1966). "A Reassessment of the Herpetofauna of Navassa Island". Journal of the Ohio Herpetological Society 5 (3): 73–89. (Tropidophis melanurus bucculentus, new taxonomic status, p. 83).
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