Tropidophis fuscus
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Tropidophis fuscus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Tropidophiidae |
Genus: | Tropidophis |
Species: | T. fuscus
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Binomial name | |
Tropidophis fuscus |
- Common names: Cuban dusky dwarf boa.
Tropidophis fuscus is a nonvenomous dwarf boa species found in Cuba. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2][3]
Description
Male Tropidophis fuscus grow to 287 mm (11.3 in) and females to 304 mm (12.0 in) in snout–vent length.[3] The color pattern consists of a dark brown ground color with black spotting.
Geographic range
Found in Cuba where it is known only from two areas, Cruzata and Minas Amores, in northeastern Guantánamo Province. The type locality given is "Minas Amores (21.7 km NW, 7.7 km SE Baracoa, by road), Guantánamo Province, Cuba, 76 m."[4]
Habitat
Pine forests.
References
- ^ Hedges, S. Blair & Garrido, Orlando H. (1992). "A new species of Tropidophis from Cuba (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae)". Copeia. 1992 (3): 820–825. doi:10.2307/1446158. JSTOR 1446158.
- ^ "Tropidophis fuscus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ a b Tropidophis fuscus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 January 2015.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
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- Tropidophiidae
- Snakes of the Caribbean
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- Endemic fauna of Cuba
- Reptiles described in 1992
- Taxa named by Stephen Blair Hedges