Biology:Tropidophis taczanowskyi
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Short description: Species of snake
| Tropidophis taczanowskyi | |
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| Original illustration, from Steindachner, 1880. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Tropidophiidae |
| Genus: | Tropidophis |
| Species: | T. taczanowskyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tropidophis taczanowskyi (Steindachner, 1880)
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Tropidophis taczanowskyi, also known commonly as Taczanowski's dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[2] The species is native to northern South America.
Etymology
Both the specific name, taczanowskyi, and the common name, Taczanowski's dwarf boa, are in honor of Polish zoologist Władysław Taczanowski.[3]
Geographic range
T. taczanowskyi is found in Ecuador and Peru.[4]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. taczanowskyi is forest, at altitudes of 823–2,900 m (2,700–9,514 ft).[5]
Diet
Taczanowski's dwarf boa preys upon frogs.[5]
Reproduction
T. taczanowskyi is viviparous.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Species Tropidophis taczanowskyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidophis taczanowskyi, p. 260).
- ↑ "Tropidophis taczanowsyi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634829. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Ungalia taczanowskyi, p. 111).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN:0-87666-912-7. (Tropidophis taczanowskyi, p. 88).
- Steindachner F (1880). "Über eine neue peruanische Ungalia-Art, Ungalia taczanowskyi". Sitzungberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaften Classe, Wien 80 (1): 522-525 + one plate. (Ungalia taczanowsyi, new species). (in German).
- Stull OG (1928). "A Revision of the Genus Tropidophis ". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (195): 1-49. (Tropidophis taczanowskyi, new combination, p. 21).
Wikidata ☰ Q3020122 entry
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