Tropidophis wrighti

Tropidophis wrighti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species: T. wrighti
Binomial name
Tropidophis wrighti
Stull, 1928

Tropidophis wrighti, or the gracile banded dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the Tropidophiidae family[1] endemic to Cuba.[2]

It is named after the botanist and explorer Charles Wright.[3]

References

  1. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. "Tropidophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins and Michael GraysonThe Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, p. 290, at Google Books


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