Jump to content

Tropidophis spiritus

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by AManWithNoPlan (talk | contribs) at 16:10, 18 May 2019 (Add: jstor. Removed URL that duplicated unique identifier. Removed parameters. | You can use this tool yourself. Report bugs here.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Sancti Spiritus dwarf boa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species:
T. spiritus
Binomial name
Tropidophis spiritus
(Hedges & Garrido, 1999)

Sancti Spiritus dwarf boa, Tropidophis spiritus, is a small species of dwarf boa endemic to the province of Sancti Spíritus in central Cuba. It is distinguished from other Tropidophis species by its gracile body shape and color pattern of bold spots.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hedges, S. Blair; Garrido, Orlando (September 1999). "A New Snake of the Genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from Central Cuba". Journal of Herpetology. 33 (3): 436. doi:10.2307/1565640. JSTOR 1565640.