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Tropidophis melanurus (Schlegel, 1837)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Schlegel, H. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Tropidophiidae
genus
Tropidophis
species
Tropidophis melanurus

Name

Synonyms
Boa melanura Schlegel, 1837
Homonyms
Tropidophis melanurus (Schlegel, 1837)
Common names
Dusky Dwarf Boa in English
Giant Trope in English
Giant Trope in English
Kubanische Zwergboa in German
Wood Snake in English
Wood Snake in English
Wood Snake in English
Giant Trope in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Hedges, S. Blair, 2002: Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London. Zoology Series, vol. 68, no. 2. 83-90.
  3. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999: null. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. xi + 511.
  4. Powell, Robert, and Robert W. Henderson, Eds., 2012: Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, vol. 51, no. 2. 85-166.
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