Tropidophis nigriventris

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Tropidophis nigriventris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species:
T. nigriventis
Binomial name
Tropidophis nigriventis
Bailey, 1937

Tropidophis nigriventis, or the black-bellied dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae. [1] The species is endemic to Cuba. [2]

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Geographic range

T. nigriventris is found in central Cuba in Camagüey Province. [3]

References

  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
  2. "Tropidophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. 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 nigriventris, pp. 194-195).

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