Tropidophis jamaicensis STULL, 1928

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Higher Taxa	Tropidophiidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Jamaican Brown Trope, Jamaica Dwarf Boa
Synonym	Tropidophis haetianus jamaicensis STULL 1928: 12 Tropidophis maculatus jamaicensis — GRANT 1940: 120 Tropidophis haetianus jamaicensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Tropidophis jamaicensis — HEDGES 2002 Tropidophis jamaicensis — POWELL & HENDERSON 2012 Tropidophis jamaicensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 740
Distribution	Jamaica Type locality: Kingston, Jamaica
Reproduction	ovovivparous.
Types	Holotype: MCZ 12090
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: This form may be distinguished from maculatus maculatus and maculatus haetianus by the presence of an immaculate band the length of the belly between two rows of ventral spots, by the darker dorsal ground color, by the small number of ventrals (171-182 instead of 185-200), and by the small number of maxillary teeth (12 rather than 15). (Stull 1928) Additional details (1156 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	For illustrations see Cochran, 1941; Schwartz and Marsh, 1960; Henderson and Schwartz, 1984; Mehrtens, 1987; Hedges, Hass, and Maugel, 1989.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Grant, C. 1940. The herpetology of Jamaica Il. The reptiles. Bull. Inst. Jamaica., Sci. Ser. 1: 61-148. Hedges, S.B. 2002. Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae). Bull. nat. Hist. Mus. London (Zool.) 68 (2): 83-90 - get paper here Powell, R., and R. W. Henderson, Eds. 2012. Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 2:85–166 - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1988. West Indian Amphibian and Reptiles: A Checklist. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. No. 74: 264 pp. - get paper here Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp. Stull, O.G. 1928. A revision of the genus Tropidophis. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 195: 1-49. - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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