Tropidophis bucculentus
Tropidophis bucculentus | |
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Conservation status | |
Extinct (c. 1920) | |
Scientific classification | |
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) | |
Synonyms | |
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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]
Geographic range
The type locality given is "Navassa Id."[1]
Description
Preserved museum specimens indicate that it varied in size from 30-60 cm (1-2 feet).
Conservation status
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.
See also
- List of tropidophiid species and subspecies
- Tropidophiidae by common name
- Tropidophiidae by taxonomic synonyms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tropidophis bucculentus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
Further reading
- Powell, R. 1999. Caribbean Journal of Science, VOL. 35, No. 1-2. 1-13.