Trimetopon barbouri

Trimetopon barbouri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Trimetopon
Species: T. barbouri
Binomial name
Trimetopon barbouri
Dunn, 1930

Trimetopon barbouri (Barbour's tropical ground snake) 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

  1. ↑ Ibáñez R, Jaramillo C (2013). "Trimetopon barbouri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T203602A2769053. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203602A2769053.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ "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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