Tropidophis schwartzi THOMAS, 1963

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Higher Taxa	Tropidophiidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Cayman Brac Trope, Schwartz’ Dwarf Boa
Synonym	Tropidophis 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
Distribution	Cayman Brac Type locality: The Creek, 8 mi. NE West End, Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands.
Reproduction	ovoviviparous.
Types	Holotype: 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.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: 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) 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 8110 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	For illustrations see Thomas, 1963.
Etymology	Named 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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