Tropidophis bucculentus | |
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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] | |
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]
The type locality given for T. bucculentus is "Navassa Id." [2]
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]
T. bucculentus is an ovoviviparous species. [3]
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.
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