Tropidophis jamaicensis STULL, 1928
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Higher Taxa | Tropidophiidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Jamaican Brown Trope, Jamaica Dwarf Boa |
Synonym | Tropidophis haetianus jamaicensis STULL 1928: 12 Tropidophis haetianus jamaicensis — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988 Tropidophis jamaicensis — HEDGES 2002 Tropidophis jamaicensis — POWELL & HENDERSON 2012 Tropidophis jamaicensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 740 |
Distribution | Jamaica
Type locality: Kingston, Jamaica
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Reproduction | ovovivparous. |
Types | Holotype: MCZ 12090 |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | For illustrations see Cochran, 1941; Schwartz and Marsh, 1960; Henderson and Schwartz, 1984; Mehrtens, 1987; Hedges, Hass, and Maugel, 1989.
Size: Max. SVL in males: 8 mm, in females: jamaicensis: 06 mm. |
Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
References |
- 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.
- 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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