Tropidophis bucculentus

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Tropidophis bucculentus
Status iucn3.1 CR.svg
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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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]

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 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. 1 2 3 Species Tropidophis bucculentus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. 1 2 "Tropidophis bucculentus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 25 September 2007.

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