Tropidophis bucculentus 

Tropidophis bucculentus
Conservation status
Extinct  (c. 1920)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species: T. bucculentus
Binomial name
Tropidophis bucculentus
(Cope, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Ungalia. bucculenta - Cope, 1868
  • Tropidophis melanurus bucculentus - Thomas, 19661

Common names: Navassa island dwarf boa.2

Tropidophis bucculentus was a non-venomous dwarf boa species endemic to Navassa Island. No subspecies are currently recognized.2

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Geographic range

The type locality given is "Navassa Id."1

Conservation status

Extinct. The species became a casualty of human interference and feral predators, such as rodents, cats, dogs and goats that were introduced during the large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ a b Tropidophis bucculentus (TSN 683052). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 25 September 2007.

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