Tropidophis wrighti

Tropidophis wrighti, commonly known as the gracile banded dwarf boa, the gracile banded trope, and Wright's dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Cuba.[3]

Tropidophis wrighti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species:
T. wrighti
Binomial name
Tropidophis wrighti
Stull, 1928

Etymology

T. wrighti is named after American botanist and explorer Charles Wright.[4]

Geographic range

T. wrighti is found in eastern Cuba from Céspedes in Camagüey Province eastward to Santiago de Cuba in Santiago de Cuba Province.[5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. wrighti is forest.[1]

Reproduction

T. wrighti is viviparous.[6]

References
  1. Fong A (2019). "Tropidophis wrighti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T75606693A75608094. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T75606693A75608094.en. Downloaded on 18 January 2021.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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). (Tropidophis wrighti, p. 222).
  3. "Tropidophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011)The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles at Google Books. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidophis wrighti, p. 290).
  5. Schwartz, Albert; Thomas, Richard (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 wrighti, p. 196).
  6. Species Tropidophis wrighti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Díaz LM, Cádiz A (2020). "A new species of Tropidophis (Squamata: Tropidophiidae) and molecular phylogeny of the Cuban radiation of the genus: una nueva especie de Tropidophis (Squamata: Tropidophiidae) y filogenia molecular de la radiación cubana del género". Novitates Caribaea 16: 1–19. (Tropidophis wrighti, pp. 1, 4, 5, Table I). (in English and Spanish).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. ISBN 978-0813010496. (Tropidophis wrighti, p. 643).
  • Stull OG (1928). "A Revision of the Genus Tropidophis ". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (195): 1-49. (Tropidophis wrighti, new species, pp. 38–39).



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