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Tropidophis schwartzi THOMAS, 1963

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Higher TaxaTropidophiidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cayman Brac Trope, Schwartz’ Dwarf Boa 
SynonymTropidophis caymanensis schwartzi THOMAS 1963: 3
Tropidophis caymanensis schwartzi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Tropidophis caymanensis schwartzi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 632
Tropidophis schwartzi — HEDGES 2002
Tropidophis schwartzi — POWELL & HENDERSON 2012
Tropidophis schwartzi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 741 
DistributionCayman Brac

Type locality: The Creek, 8 mi. NE West End, Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands.  
Reproductionovovivparous. 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 69618, adult male; Paratypes: MCZ 69603-04, Cayman Brae, The Creek, 8 mi. NE of West End, 22 August 1961; MCZ 69605, Cayman Brac, 6 mi. NE of West End, 23 August 1961; MCZ 69606, Cayman Brae, The Creek, 8 mi. NE of West End, 23 August 1961; MCZ 69607-608, Cayman Brac, The Creek, 8 mi. NE of West End, 24 August 1961; MCZ 69609-11, Cayman Brae, West End, 25 August 1961; MOZ 69612-13, Cayman Brac, Spot Bay, 25 August 1961; MCZ 69614-17, Cayman Brae, The Creek, 8 mi. NE of West End, 25 August 1961. All specimens were eolleeted by natives for A. Schwartz. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: a race of caymanensis with a normal scale-rou count of 25-25-15, rather than 23-25-17 (T. c. caymanensis) or 25-27-17 (T. c. parkeri), differing also from T. caymanensis in the coloration of the head and in a higher mean ventral count and from T. c. parkeri in a somewhat lower mean ventral count. (Thomas 1963) 
CommentFor illustrations see Thomas, 1963. 
EtymologyNamed after Albert Schwartz (1923-1992), American biologist and entomologist. Schwartz was Professor of Biology, Miami-Dade Community College (Forida). See Henderson 1993 for biographical notes. 
References
  • Battersby, J. C. 1938. Some snakes of the genus Tropidophis. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (11) 1: 557-560. - get paper here
  • Grant, C. 1941. The herpetology of the Cayman Islands. Bulletin of the Institute of Jamaica, Science Series [1940] (2):1-56
  • Hedges, S. B. and O. H. Garrido. 1992. A new species of Tropidophis from Cuba (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae). Copeia 1992 (4): 820-825 - get paper here
  • Hedges, S. Blair, Alberto R. Estrada and Luis M. Diaz 1999. New snake (Tropidophis) from western Cuba. Copeia 1999 (2): 376-381 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Henderson, Robert W. 1993. Albert Schwartz (1923-1992): A memoriam. Herpetological Natural History 1 (2): 95-97
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • 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. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Thomas, R. 1963. Cayman Islands Tropidophis (Reptilia, Serpentes). Breviora (195): 1-8 - 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.
 
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