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
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Trachyboa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Freiberg M. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications.189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Trachyboa boulengeri, p. 88).
- ↑ 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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