Tropidophis_fuscus

<i>Tropidophis fuscus</i>

Tropidophis fuscus

Species of snake

Tropidophis fuscus is a nonvenomous dwarf boa species endemic to Cuba. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.[2][3]

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Common names: Cuban dusky dwarf boa.

Description

Male T. fuscus grow to 287 mm (11.3 in) and females to 304 mm (12.0 in) in snout–vent length.[3] The color pattern consists of a dark brown ground color with black spotting.

Geographic range

T. fuscus is only found in Cuba, where it is known only from two areas, Cruzata and Minas Amores, in northeastern Guantánamo Province. The type locality given is "Minas Amores (21.7 km NW, 7.7 km SE Baracoa, by road), Guantánamo Province, Cuba, 76 m."[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. fuscus is pine forests.

References

  1. [1]
    Hedges, S. Blair; Garrido, Orlando H. (1992). "A new species of Tropidophis from Cuba (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae)". Copeia. 1992 (3): 820–825. doi:10.2307/1446158. JSTOR 1446158. (Tropidophis fuscus, new species).
  2. [2]
    "Tropidophis fuscus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. [3]
    Tropidophis fuscus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 27 January 2015.
  4. [4]
    McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
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