Trachyboa boulengeri

Trachyboa boulengeri
In Ecuador
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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]

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

Closeup

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]

References

1. 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. Species Trachyboa boulengeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
7. Dwyer Q, Arteaga A, Barrio-Amorós CL, Flagle A (2018). "Trachyboa boulengeri. Diet". Herpetological Review49 (2): 359–360.

Further reading

• Lehmann HD (1970). "Beobachtungen bei der Haltung und Aufzucht von Trachyboa boulengeri (Serpentes, Boidae) [= Observations on the Keeping and Rearing of Trachyboa boulengeri (Serpentes, Boidae)]". Salamandra6: (1–2): 32–42, 6 figures. (in German, with an abstract in English, and bilingual captions).
• Peracca MG (1910). "Descrizione di alcune nuove specie di ofidii del Museo Zoologico della R.a Università di Napoli ". Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R[egi].a Università di Napoli, Series 3, 12: 1–3. (Trachyboa boulengeri, new species). (in Italian).