Trachyboa boulengeri

Trachyboa boulengeri, commonly known as the northern eyelash boa, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Central America.[3]

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

Etymology

The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.[4]

Geographic range

T. boulengeri is found in Colombia, western Ecuador,[5] and Panama.[6]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. boulengeri is evergreen lowland forest,[7] at altitudes from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).[1] It is usually found near freshwater flooded areas, irrigation ditches, and rivers.[1]

Diet

T. boulengeri preys on frogs and fishes.[7]

Reproduction

T. boulengeri is viviparous.[6]

References
  1. Ibáñez, R.; Jaramillo, C.; Rivas, G.; Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2019). "Trachyboa boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T203214A2762365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203214A2762365.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 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).
  3. "Trachyboa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. 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).
  5. Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Trachyboa boulengeri, p. 88).
  6. Species Trachyboa boulengeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  7. Dwyer Q, Arteaga A, Barrio-Amorós CL, Flagle A (2018). "Trachyboa boulengeri. Diet". Herpetological Review 49 (2): 359–360.

Further reading
  • Lehmann HD (1970). "Beobachtungen bei der Haltung und Aufzucht von Trachyboa boulengeri (Serpentes, Boidae) [= Observations on the Keeping and Rearing of Trachyboa boulengeri (Serpentes, Boidae)]". Salamandra 6: (1–2): 32–42, 6 figures. (in German, with an abstract in English, and bilingual captions).
  • 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[egi].a Università di Napoli, Series 3, 12: 1–3. (Trachyboa boulengeri, new species). (in Italian).



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