Tropidophis nigriventris

Tropidophis nigriventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species: T. nigriventis
Binomial name
Tropidophis nigriventis
Bailey, 1937

Tropidophis nigriventis, or the black-bellied dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[1] The species is endemic to Cuba.[2]

Geographic range

T. nigriventris is found in central Cuba in Camagüey Province.[3]

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. "Tropidophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  3. Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Tropidophis nigriventris, pp. 194-195).

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