Trachyboa boulengeri

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

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

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 B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading


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