Trimetopon barbouri
Appearance
Trimetopon barbouri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Trimetopon |
Species: | T. barbouri
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Binomial name | |
Trimetopon barbouri Dunn, 1930
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Barbour's tropical ground snake (Trimetopon barbouri) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.
Etymology
The specific name, barbouri, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Barbour.[2]
Geographic range
T. barbouri is endemic to the western region of Panama, and occasionally is found on Barro Colorado Island.[3]
References
- ^ Ibáñez R, Jaramillo C (2013). "Trimetopon barbouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T203602A2769053. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203602A2769053.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trimetopon barbouri, p. 16).
- ^ "Barbour's Tropical Ground Snake (Trimetopon barbouri )". Encyclopedia Of Life. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
Further reading
- Dunn ER (1930). "New Snakes from Costa Rica and Panama". Occ. Pap. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 5: 329–332. (Trimetopon barbouri, new species, p. 331).
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