Tropidophis paucisquamis (MÜLLER, 1901)
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Tropidophis paucisquamis
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| Higher Taxa | Tropidophiidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Brazilian Dwarf Boa Portuguese: Jiboia-Anã, Jiboinha |
| Synonym | Ungalia paucisquamis MÜLLER in SCHENKEL 1901 Ungalia brasiliensis ANDERSSON 1901 Tropidophis paucisquamis — STULL 1928: 19 Tropidophis paucisquamis — AMARAL 1930 Tropidophis paucisquamis — MACHADO 1944 Tropidophis paucisquamis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 221 Tropidophis paucisquamis — CURCIO et al. 2012: 92 Tropidophis paucisquamis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 755 Tropidophis paucisquamis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 Tropidophis paucisquamis — ORTEGA-ANDRADE et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | SE Brazil (Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná) elevation 500-650 m Type locality: "Continent of Tropical America" [MÜLLER in SCHENKEL 1901]; restricted to municipality of Salesópolis, state of São Paulo, Brazil by CURCIO et al. 2012. brasiliensis: Type locality: "Brasilia" [ANDERSSON 1901] |
| Reproduction | ovoviviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMBA 426 (Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. Holotype: NRS 1932 [ANDERSSON 1901] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Distinguishable from other mainland congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) 164–183 ventrals (vs. 154–155 in T. grapiuna, 146–160 in T. taczanowskyi, and 200 in T. battersbyi); (2) dorsal scales at midbody usually 21 or 23, rarely 25 (vs. 23 dorsals at midbody in all other mainland species); (3) vertebral scale row usually enlarged, wider than long (vs. vertebral scale row not distinctly enlarged in size relative to remaining dorsals in T. battersbyi, T. grapiuna, and T. taczanowskyi); (4) dorsals smooth or feebly keeled (vs. dorsals strongly keeled in T. grapiuna and T. taczanowskyi); (5) interparietals usually lacking, but small when present (vs. interparietals present in T. battersbyi and T. grapiuna, usually present in T. taczanowskyi, well developed in the three species); (6) parietals in broad contact along middorsal line of head, even when interparietals are present (vs. parietals fully separated by interparietals in T. battersbyi and T. grapiuna); (7) maxillary teeth 15–19 (vs. 12 in T. battersbyi); (8) body spotted, dorsal spots small, with a diameter of approximately two dorsals, and irregular in shape (vs. dorsal spots large, rounded or elliptical, up to four scales in diameter in T. battersbyi); and (9) eight spot rows around body six on dorsum and two on venter (vs. six spot rows around body, four on dorsum and two on venter in T. battersbyi) [CURCIO et al. 2012]. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 5450 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy that of PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970. Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). Distribution: see map in Ortega-Andrade et al. 2022: 5 (Fig. 1). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin paucus, few, little + Latin squama, a scale. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) |
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