Trachyboa boulengeri

Trachyboa boulengeri, commonly known as the northern eyelash boa, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[1] The species is endemic to Central America.[2]

Trachyboa boulengeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Trachyboa
Species:
T. boulengeri
Binomial name
Trachyboa boulengeri
Peracca, 1910

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[3]

Geographic range

T. boulengeri is found in Colombia, western Ecuador,[4] and Panama.[5]

References

  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. "Trachyboa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. 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. (Trachyboa boulengeri, p. 34).
  4. Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Trachyboa boulengeri, p. 88).
  5. "Trachyboa boulengeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Peracca MG (1910). "Descrizione di alcune nuove specie di ofidii del Museo Zoologico della R.a Università di Napoli ". Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R.a Università di Napoli, Series 3, 12: 1–3. (Trachyboa boulengeri, new species). (in Italian).


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