Trachyboa gularis

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Trachyboa gularis
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Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Trachyboa
Species:
T. gularis
Binomial name
Trachyboa gularis
W. Peters, 1860

Trachyboa gularis, commonly known as the Ecuadorian eyelash boa, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Tropidophiidae. [2] It is endemic to Ecuador, and is only known from an area where suitable habitat has been almost completely destroyed. Recent confirmed records are also lacking, and the IUCN has concluded that Trachyboa gularis is a possibly extinct species. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Arteaga-Navarro, A.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2021). "Trachyboa gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T203215A2762372. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T203215A2762372.en . Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  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).

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