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==References==
{{Book reference | Author=Boos, Hans E.A. | Title=The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago | Publisher=Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. | Year=200 |ID=ISBN 1585441163}}

Contents 1 Taxbox code 2 Snakes 2.1 Family Leptotyphlopidae 2.2 Family Typhlopidae 2.3 Family Aniliidae 2.4 Family Boidae 2.5 Family Colubridae 2.5.1 Subfamily Xenodontinidae 2.5.2 Subfamily Dipsadinae 2.5.3 Subfamily Colubrinae 2.6 Family Elapidae 2.7 Family Viperidae

[edit] Taxbox code

{{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Common Lancehead}}
{{Taxobox_image | image=[[Image:Bothropsatrox.png|200px|Common Lancehead]] | caption=The animal above is a baby, and still has the<br>bright yellow tail used as a lure to attract prey.}}
{{Taxobox_begin_placement | color = pink}}
{{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
{{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
{{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]}}
{{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Squamata]]}}
{{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Viperidae]]}}
{{Taxobox_genus_entry | taxon = '''''[[Bothrops]]'''''}}
{{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''atrox'''''}}
{{Taxobox_end_placement}}
{{Taxobox_section_binomial | color = pink| binomial_name = Bothrops atrox| author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
{{Taxobox_end}}

[edit] Snakes

[edit] Family Leptotyphlopidae

Species	Common name	Trinidad	Tobago	Bocas Is.	Other
/Leptotyphlops albifrons	Ground Puppy	X

[edit] Family Typhlopidae

Species	Common name	Trinidad	Tobago	Bocas Is.	Other
Helminthrophis sp.	Yellow-headed Ground Puppy	X
/Typhlops brongersmianus	Burrowing Snake	X
/Typhlops trinitatus	Trinidad Burrowing Snake	X	X

• Helminthrophis sp. is known from a single collection. It may represent an undescribed species since none of the three described species are known from adjacent portions of Venezuela.
• Typhlops trinitatus is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago.

[edit] Family Aniliidae

Species	Common name	Trinidad	Tobago	Bocas Is.	Other
Anilus scytale scytale	Burrowing False Coral; Rouleau	X

• This species is only known in Trinidad and Tobago from a single collection.

[edit] Family Boidae

Species	Common name	Trinidad	Tobago	Bocas Is.	Other
Boa constrictor constrictor	Macajuel, Boa Constrictor	X	X	X
Corallus ruschenbergerii	Cascabel Dormillon; Cook's Tree Boa	X	X
Epicrates cenchria maurus	Rainbow Boa	X	X	X
Eunectes murinas gigas	Huille, Anaconda	X

• Boa constrictor has been recorded on the islands of Monos and Gaspar Grande in the Bocas.
• Epicrates cenchria maurus has been reported from the island of Chacachacare in the Bocas, but has not been confirmed with a collection.

[edit] Family Colubridae

[edit] Subfamily Xenodontinidae

Species	Common name	Trinidad	Tobago	Bocas Is.	Other
Clelia clelia clelia	Black Cribo, Mussurana	X		X
/Erythrolampus aesculapii	False Coral	X
/Erythrolamprus bizona	False Coral	X
/Erythrolampus ocellatus	Tobago False Coral, Red Snake		X
/Helicops angulatus	Water Mapepire, Brown-banded Water Snake	X
Hydrops triangularis neglectus	Water Coral	X
Liophis cobellus cobellus	Mangrove Snake, Mangrove Mapepire	X
Liophis melanotus nesos	Beh Belle Chemin, Doctor Snake	X	X	X
Liophis reginae zweifeli	High Woods Coral	X	X
Oxyrhopus petola petola	False Coral	X	X
/Pseudoboa neuwiedii	Ratonel	X	X	X
/Siphlophis cervinus	Checkerbelly	X
/Thamnodynastes sp.	Striped Swamp Snake	X
/Tripanurgos compressus	Mapepire De Fe, False Coral	X

• Clelia clelia clelia has been reported from the island of Chacachacare in the Bocas, but has not been confirmed with a specimen.
• Erythrolampus aesculapii is only known in Trinidad from a single collection.
• Erythrolamprus bizona is only known in Trinidad from a single collection.
• Erythrolampus ocellatus is endemic to Tobago
• Liophis melanotus nesos has been recorded on the island of Chacachacare in the Bocas. This subspecies in endemic to Trinidad and Tobago
• Pseudoboa neuwiedii has been recorded on the island of Chacachacare in the Bocas.

[edit] Subfamily Dipsadinae

Species	Common name	Trinidad	Tobago	Bocas Is.	Other
/Atracus trilineatus	Three-lined Ground Snake	X	X	?
Atractus cf. univittatus	Tobago One-lined Snake		X
Dipsas variegata trinitatis	Snail-eating Snake	X
Imantodes cenchoa cenchoa	Mapepire Corde Violon, Fiddle-string Snake	X	X
Leptodeira annulata ashmeadi	False Mapepire, Cat-eyed Night Snake	X	X	X
/Ninia atrata	Red-nape Snake, Ring Neck Snake	X	X
Sibon nebulata nebulata	Clouded Snake	X	X	X

• Atracus trilineatus has been reported from the island of Huevos in the Bocas, but Boos considers this record doubtful.
• Atractus cf. univittatus is known from a single collection in Tobago. It has affinities with A. univittatus, but may be an undescribed species.
• Dipsas variegata trinitatis is an endemic subspecies.
• Leptodeira annulata ashmeadi has been recorded on the islands of Huevos and Gaspar Grande in the Bocas.
• Sibon nebulata nebulata has been recorded on the island of Huevos in the Bocas.

[edit] Subfamily Colubrinae

Species	Common name	Trinidad	Tobago	Bocas Is.	Other
Chironius carinatus carinatus	Machete Savane, Yellow Machete	X		X
Chironius multiventris septentrionalis	Long-tailed Machete Savane	X
/Chironius scurrulus	Smooth Machete Savane	X
Drymarchon corais corais	Yellow-tailed Cribo	X	X	X
Leptophis ahaetulla coeruleodorus	Lora, Parrot Snake	X	X
/Leptophis stimsoni	Grey Lora	X
Mastigodryas boddaerti boddaerti	Machete Couesse	X		X	X
Mastigodryas boddaerti dunni	Machete Couesse		X		X
/Oxybelis aeneus	Horsewhip	X	X	X
Pseustes poecilonotus polylepis	Dos Cocorite	X
Pseustes sulphureus sulphureus	Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake	X
Spilotes pullatus pullatus	Tigre, Tigro	X	X
/Tantilla melanocephala	Black-headed Snake	X	X		X

• Chironius carinatus carinatus has been reported from the island of Chacachacare in the Bocas, but this has not been confirmed with a collection.
• Chironius scurrulus is known from a single collection in Trinidad with no locality recorded.
• Drymarchon corais corais has been recorded from the island of Monos in the Bocas.
• Leptophis stimsoni is an endemic species.
• Mastigodryas boddaerti boddaerti has been recorded from the islands of Chacachacare, Monos, Huevos and Gaspar Grande in the Bocas, and from Caledonia Island.
• Mastigodryas boddaerti dunni has been recorded from the island Little Tobago. This is an endemic subspecies.
• Oxybelis aeneus has been recorded from the islands of Chacachacare and Huevos in the Bocas.
• Tantilla melanocephala has been recorded from the island of Huevos in the Bocas.

[edit] Family Elapidae

Species	Common name	Trinidad	Tobago	Bocas Is.	Other
Micrurus lemniscatus diutius	Common Coral Snake	X		X
/Micrurus circinalis	Large Coral Snake	X

• Micrurus lemniscatus diutius has been reported on the island of Gaspar Grande in the Bocas.

[edit] Family Viperidae

Species	Common name	Trinidad	Tobago	Bocas Is.	Other
Bothrops atrox	Mapepire Balsain, Fer-de-lance	X
Lachesis muta muta	Mapepire Zanana, Mapepire Z'Ananas, Bushmaster	X