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Tropidophis jamaicensis STULL, 1928

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Higher TaxaTropidophiidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jamaican Brown Trope, Jamaica Dwarf Boa 
SynonymTropidophis haetianus jamaicensis STULL 1928: 12
Tropidophis maculatus jamaicensis — GRANT 1940: 120
Tropidophis haetianus jamaicensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Tropidophis jamaicensis — HEDGES 2002
Tropidophis jamaicensis — POWELL & HENDERSON 2012
Tropidophis jamaicensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 740 
DistributionJamaica

Type locality: Kingston, Jamaica  
Reproductionovovivparous. 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 12090 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: This form may be distinguished from maculatus maculatus and maculatus haetianus by the presence of an immaculate band the length of the belly between two rows of ventral spots, by the darker dorsal ground color, by the small number of ventrals (171-182 instead of 185-200), and by the small number of maxillary teeth (12 rather than 15). (Stull 1928) 
CommentFor illustrations see Cochran, 1941; Schwartz and Marsh, 1960; Henderson and Schwartz, 1984; Mehrtens, 1987; Hedges, Hass, and Maugel, 1989. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Grant, C. 1940. The herpetology of Jamaica Il. The reptiles. Bull. Inst. Jamaica., Sci. Ser. 1: 61-148.
  • 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
  • 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. 1988. West Indian Amphibian and Reptiles: A Checklist. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. No. 74: 264 pp. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Stull, O.G. 1928. A revision of the genus Tropidophis. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 195: 1-49. - 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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