Biology:Tropidophis spiritus
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Short description: Species of snake
| Sancti Spiritus dwarf boa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Tropidophiidae |
| Genus: | Tropidophis |
| Species: | T. spiritus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tropidophis spiritus Hedges & Garrido, 1999
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Tropidophis spiritus, also known commonly as the Sancti Spiritus dwarf boa and the Sancti Spiritus trope, is a small species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae (dwarf boas). The species is endemic to the province of Sancti Spíritus in central Cuba.[1][2] It is distinguished from other Tropidophis species by its gracile body shape and color pattern of bold spots.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. spiritus is forest, at altitudes of 25–800 m (82–2,625 ft).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 20 November 2021 - ↑ Tropidophis spiritus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Hedges, S. Blair; Garrido, Orlando (1999). "A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from central Cuba". Journal of Herpetology 33 (3): 436-441. doi:10.2307/1565640. (Tropidophis spiritus, new species).
Wikidata ☰ Q3016421 entry
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