Tropidophis maculatus

Tropidophis maculatus, or the spotted red dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Cuba.[3]

Tropidophis maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Tropidophiidae
Genus: Tropidophis
Species:
T. maculatus
Binomial name
Tropidophis maculatus
(Bibron, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leionotus maculatus
    Bibron, 1840
  • Tropidophis maculatus
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Tropidophis distinctus
    Jan, 1863
  • Ungalia dipsidina
    Cope, 1868
  • Tropidophis maculatus maculatus
    — Bailey, 1937

References
  1. Species Tropidophis maculatus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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. "Tropidophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
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