Tropidophis feicki

Tropidophis feicki
This individual was found in a dense forest South of Bermejas in the Zapata Peninsula.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species: T. feicki
Binomial name
Tropidophis feicki
Schwartz, 1957

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

Etymology

The specific name, feicki, is in honor of American biologist John R. Feick.[3]

Geographic range

T. feicki is found in western Cuba, from Pedrera de Mendoza and Guane, Pinar del Río Province, east to Pan de Matanzas, Matanzas Province.[4]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of T. feicki is upland caves, cliffs, and talus deposit.[4]

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. ↑ 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. (Tropidophis feicki, p. 88).
  4. 1 2 Schwartz A, Thomas R. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Penmnsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Tropidophis feicki, p. 192).

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