Tropidophis wrighti
Tropidophis wrighti, commonly known as the gracile banded dwarf boa or Wright's dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[1] The species is endemic to Cuba.[2]
| Tropidophis wrighti | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Tropidophiidae |
| Genus: | Tropidophis |
| Species: | T. wrighti |
| Binomial name | |
| Tropidophis wrighti Stull, 1928 | |
Etymology
T. wrighti is named after American botanist and explorer Charles Wright.[3]
Geographic range
T. wrighti is found in eastern Cuba from Céspedes in Camagüey Province eastward to Santiago de Cuba in Santiago de Cuba Province.[4]
References
- McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume). (Tropidophis wrighti, p. 222).
- "Tropidophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011)The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles at Google Books. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidophis wrighti, p. 290).
- Schwartz, Albert; Thomas, Richard (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 wrighti, p. 196).
Further reading
- Stull OG (1928). "A Revision of the Genus Tropidophis ". Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (195): 1-49. (Tropidophis wrighti, new species, pp. 38–39).
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