Extinct species of snake
Tropidophis bucculentus, also known commonly as the Navassa Island dwarf boa,[4] is a nonvenomous dwarf boa species endemic to Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[4]
Geographic range
The type locality given for T. bucculentus is "Navassa Id."[2]
Description
Preserved museum specimens of T. bucculentus indicate that it varied in snout-to-vent length (SVL) from 30–60 cm (0.98–1.97 ft).[3]
Reproduction
T. bucculentus is an ovoviviparous species.[3]
Conservation status
T. bucculentus is possibly extinct.[1] The species became a casualty of human interference and feral predators, such as rats, cats, dogs, and goats that were introduced during the large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s.
References
- ^ a b Landestoy, M.; Inchaustegui, S.; Powell, R.; Henderson, R.W. (2021). "Tropidophis bucculentus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T75606372A75607979. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T75606372A75607979.en. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b c Species Tropidophis bucculentus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b "Tropidophis bucculentus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 September 2007.
Further reading
- Bailey JR (1937). "A review of some recent Tropidophis material". Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 16: 41–52. (Tropidophis bucculentus, new combination).
- Cope (1868). "An Examination of the REPTILIA and BATRACHIA obtained by the Orton Expedition to Equador [sic] and the Upper Amazon, with notes on other Species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 96–140. (Ungalia bucculenta, new species, p. 129).
- Hedges SB (2002). "Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Zoology Series (London). 68 (2): 83–90. (Tropidophis bucculentus).
- Powell R (1999). "Herpetology of Navassa Island, West Indies". Caribbean Journal of Science 35 (1–2): 1–13.
- Schwartz A, Thomas R (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 melanurus bucculentus, p. 194).
- Thomas R (1966). "A Reassessment of the Herpetofauna of Navassa Island". Journal of the Ohio Herpetological Society 5 (3): 73–89. (Tropidophis melanurus bucculentus, new taxonomic status, p. 83).
