Biology:Tropidophis bucculentus

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Short description: Extinct species of snake

Tropidophis bucculentus

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species:
T. bucculentus
Binomial name
Tropidophis bucculentus
(Cope, 1868)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • 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,[3] is a nonvenomous dwarf boa species endemic to Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[3]

Geographic range

The type locality given for T. bucculentus is "Navassa Id."[1]

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).[2]

Reproduction

T. bucculentus is an ovoviviparous species.[2]

Conservation status

T. bucculentus is possibly extinct.[4] 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. 1.0 1.1 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).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Species Tropidophis bucculentus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Tropidophis bucculentus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=683052. Retrieved 25 September 2007. 
  4. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named IUCN

Further reading

  • Bailey JR (1937). "A review of some recent Tropidophis material". Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 16: 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 Philadelphia 20: 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 Science 35 (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 Society 5 (3): 73–89. (Tropidophis melanurus bucculentus, new taxonomic status, p. 83).


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