Tropidophis caymanensis BATTERSBY, 1938

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Higher Taxa	Tropidophiidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Grand Cayman Trope, Cayman Islands Dwarf Boa
Synonym	Tropidophis melanurus caymanensis BATTERSBY 1938: 558 Tropidophis melanurus caymanensis — GRANT 1941: 43 Tropidophis caymanensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Tropidophis caymanensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 632 Tropidophis caymanensis — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 217 Tropidophis caymanensis — POWELL & HENDERSON 2012 Tropidophis caymanensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 752
Distribution	Grand Cayman lsland Type locality: Grand Cayman Island, Cayman Islands.
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Syntypes: MCZ 44863, BMNH 1912.7.18.1
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (909 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	For illustrations see Thomas, 1963.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
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 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.
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.caymanwildlife.org/wild-groundboacaymanennsis.html Google images

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