Tropidophis wrighti STULL, 1928
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Higher Taxa | Tropidophiidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Gracile Banded Trope, Wright's Dwarf Boa |
Synonym | Tropidophis wrighti STULL 1928: 38 Tropidophis wrighti — BAILEY 1937: 51 Tropidophis wrighti — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 643 Tropidophis wrighti — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 222 Tropidophis wrighti — RODRIGUEZ-SCHETTINO et al. 2013 Tropidophis wrighti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 756 |
Distribution | E/C Cuba Type locality: East Cuba. |
Reproduction | ovovivparous |
Types | Holotype: USNM 12420. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | For illustrations see Cooper, 1958; Schwartz and Henderson, 1985. Distribution: for a map (and comparison with 3 other species) see Diaz & Cadiz 2020: 8 (Fig. 4). |
Etymology | Named after Charles Wright (1811-1885), a botanist, teacher, and collector who explored the western USA for the Pacific Railroad Company. He sent a collection of plants to Professor Asa Gray at Harvard (1844). |
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