Trimetopon barbouri
Barbour's tropical ground snake (Trimetopon barbouri) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.
| Trimetopon barbouri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Trimetopon |
| Species: | T. barbouri |
| Binomial name | |
| Trimetopon barbouri Dunn, 1930 | |
Etymology
The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[2]
Geographic range
T. barbouri is endemic to the western region of Panama, and occasionally is found on Barro Colorado Island.[3]
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References
- Ibáñez R, Jaramillo C (2013). "Trimetopon barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203602A2769053. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203602A2769053.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimetopon barbouri, p. 16).
- "Barbour's Tropical Ground Snake (Trimetopon barbouri )". Encyclopedia Of Life. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
Further reading
- Dunn ER (1930). "New Snakes from Costa Rica and Panama". Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 5: 329–332. (Trimetopon barbouri, new species, p. 331).
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