Trachyboa boulengeri

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Trachyboa boulengeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Trachyboa
Species:
T. boulengeri
Binomial name
Trachyboa boulengeri
Peracca, 1910

Trachyboa boulengeri, commonly known as the northern eyelash boa, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Tropidophiidae. [2] The species is endemic to Central America. [3]

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Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger. [4]

Geographic range

T. boulengeri is found in Colombia, western Ecuador, [5] and Panama. [6]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. boulengeri is evergreen lowland forest, [7] at altitudes from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft). [1] It is usually found near freshwater flooded areas, irrigation ditches, and rivers. [1]

Diet

T. boulengeri preys on frogs and fishes. [7]

Reproduction

T. boulengeri is viviparous. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ibáñez, R.; Jaramillo, C.; Rivas, G.; Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2019). "Trachyboa boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T203214A2762365. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203214A2762365.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 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).
  3. "Trachyboa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachyboa boulengeri, p. 34).
  5. Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN   0-87666-912-7. (Trachyboa boulengeri, p. 88).
  6. 1 2 Species Trachyboa boulengeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  7. 1 2 Dwyer Q, Arteaga A, Barrio-Amorós CL, Flagle A (2018). "Trachyboa boulengeri. Diet". Herpetological Review49 (2): 359–360.

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