| Tropidophis bucculentus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Tropidophiidae |
| Genus: | Tropidophis |
| Species: | T. bucculentus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tropidophis bucculentus (Cope, 1868) |
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Tropidophis bucculentus was a nonvenomous dwarf boa species endemic to Navassa Island. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
It is commonly referred to as the Navassa Island dwarf boa.[2]
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The type locality given is "Navassa Id."[1]
Preserved museum specimens indicate that it varied in size from 30-60 cm (1-2 feet).
Extinct. The species became a casualty of human interference and feral predators, such as rodents, cats, dogs and goats that were introduced during the large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s.