Tropidophis bucculentus

Tropidophis bucculentus
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Tropidophiidae
Genus:	Tropidophis
Species:	T. bucculentus
Binomial name
Tropidophis bucculentus (Cope, 1868)
Synonyms [2] [3]
U[ngalia]. bucculenta Cope, 1868 Tropidophis bucculentus — Bailey, 1937 Tropidophis melanurus bucculentus — Thomas, 1966 Tropidophis bucculentus — Hedges, 2002

Tropidophis bucculentus, also known commonly as the Navassa Island dwarf boa, ^[4] is a nonvenomous dwarf boa species endemic to Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid. ^[4]

Geographic range

The type locality given for T. bucculentus is "Navassa Id." ^[2]

Description

Preserved museum specimens of T. bucculentus indicate that it varied in snout-to-vent length (SVL) from 30–60 cm (0.98–1.97 ft). ^[3]

Reproduction

T. bucculentus is an ovoviviparous species. ^[3]

Conservation status

T. bucculentus is possibly extinct. ^[1] The species became a casualty of human interference and feral predators, such as rats, cats, dogs, and goats that were introduced during the large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s.

References

1. Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S.; Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W. (2021). "Tropidophis bucculentus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T75606372A75607979. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T75606372A75607979.en . Retrieved 13 May 2022.
2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN   1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN   1-893777-01-4 (volume).
3. Species Tropidophis bucculentus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
4. "Tropidophis bucculentus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 25 September 2007.

Further reading

• Bailey JR (1937). "A review of some recent Tropidophis material". Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club16: 41–52. (Tropidophis bucculentus, new combination).
• Cope (1868). "An Examination of the REPTILIA and BATRACHIA obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador [sic] and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other Species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia20: 96–140. (Ungalia bucculenta, new species, p. 129).
• Hedges SB (2002). "Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoology Series (London). 68 (2): 83–90. (Tropidophis bucculentus).
• Powell R (1999). "Herpetology of Navassa Island, West Indies". Caribbean Journal of Science35 (1–2): 1–13.
• Schwartz A, Thomas R (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 melanurus bucculentus, p. 194).
• Thomas R (1966). "A Reassessment of the Herpetofauna of Navassa Island". Journal of the Ohio Herpetological Society5 (3): 73–89. (Tropidophis melanurus bucculentus, new taxonomic status, p. 83).