Tropidophis hendersoni

Tropidophis hendersoni, commonly known as the Cuban khaki dwarf boa, is a species of dwarf boa endemic to the West Indies.

Tropidophis hendersoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species:
T. hendersoni
Binomial name
Tropidophis hendersoni
Hedges & Garrido, 2002

Etymology

The specific name, hendersoni, is in honor of American herpetologist Robert William Henderson (born 1945).[2]

Geographic range

T. hendersoni is known from the northern coast of eastern Cuba, in the province of Holguín.

Description

T. hendersoni is a small spotted species, previously confused with T. haetianus of Hispaniola.

References

  1. Powell R, Mayer GC, Hedges SB (2010). "Tropidophis hendersoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178429A7545322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178429A7545322.en.
  2. 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 hendersoni, p. 121).

Further reading

  • Hedges SB, Garrido OH (2002). "A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from Eastern Cuba". J. Herpetology 36: 157–161. (Tropidophis hendersoni, new species).


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