Trachyboa
| Trachyboa | |
|---|---|
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| Trachyboa boulengeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Tropidophiidae |
| Genus: | Trachyboa W. Peters, 1860[1] |
- Common name: eyelash boas
Trachyboa is a traditional genus of nonvenomous dwarf boas endemic to Central and South America. They are largely terrestrial, fish-eating snakes that inhabit tropical lowlands. Two species have been recognized,[2] although they are now placed in genus Tropidophis by some authorities.[3]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Species of Trachyboa are found in Central and South America in Panama, Pacific Colombia, and Ecuador.[1]
Species
[edit]| Species[2] | Taxon author[2] | Common name | Geographic range[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trachyboa boulengeri | Peracca, 1910 | northern eyelash boa | From Panama in the Chocó region through Pacific Colombia to Ecuador. |
| Trachyboa gularisT | W. Peters, 1860 | Ecuadorian eyelash boa | Ecuador in the dry regions along the coast. |
T) Type species.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]While Trachyboa and Tropidophis dwarf boas have been traditionally considered sister taxa, a phylogenetic analysis of Tropidophiidae species found the Trachyboa nested within the Tropidophis species and it was proposed to include all species in Tropidophis.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 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).
- 1 2 3 "Trachyboa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Uetz, P.; et al. (eds.). "Tropidophis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 21 August 2026.
- ↑ Zaher, H.; Trusz, C.; Koch, C.; Entiauspe-Neto, O. M.; Battilana, J. &; Grazziotin, F. G. (2024). "Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the dwarf boas of the family Tropidophiidae (Serpentes: Alethinophidia)". Systematics and Biodiversity. 22 (1) 2319289. doi:10.1080/14772000.2024.2319289.
Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Trachyboa, p. 109).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Trachyboa, p. 88).
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Trachyboa, p. 320).
- Peters W (1860). "Eine neue Gattung von Riesenschlangen vor, welche von einem gebornen Preussen, Hrn. Carl Reiss, in Guayaquil nebst mehreren andern werthvollen Naturalien dem zoologischen Museum zugesandt worden ist ". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1860: 200-202. (Trachyboa, new genus, p. 200). (in German).
External links
[edit]- Trachyboa at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 29 August 2007.