Tropidophis battersbyi

Tropidophis battersbyi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Tropidophiidae
Genus:	Tropidophis
Species:	T. battersbyi
Binomial name
Tropidophis battersbyi Laurent, 1949

Tropidophis battersbyi, also known commonly as Battersby's dwarf boa and the Ecuadorian dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae. ^[2] The species is endemic to Ecuador. ^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, battersbyi, is in honor of British herpetologist James Clarence Battersby (1901–1993). ^[4]

Description

Dorsally, T. battersbyi has four rows of large dark spots. It has a high number of ventral scales, up to 200. It has a low number of maxillary teeth, only 12. ^[5]

Reproduction

T. battersbyi is viviparous. ^[5]

References

1. Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Reyes-Puig, C. (2019). "Tropidophis battersbyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T50952108A50952120. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T50952108A50952120.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. "Tropidophis". 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. (Tropidophis battersbyi, p. 19).
5. Species Tropidophis battersbyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN   0-87666-912-7. (Tropidophis battersbyi, p. 88).
• Hedges SB (2002). "Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London, Zoology68 (2): 83–90.
• Laurent RF (1949). "Note sur quelques reptiles appartenant à la collection de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. III. Formes américaines ". Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique25 (9): 1-20. (Tropidophis battersbyi, new species, p. 6). (in French).