Tropidophis battersbyi, also known commonly as Battersby's dwarf boa and the Ecuadorian dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Ecuador.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Tropidophiidae |
| Genus: | Tropidophis |
| Species: | T. battersbyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Tropidophis battersbyi Laurent, 1949
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Etymology
editThe specific name, battersbyi, is in honor of British herpetologist James Clarence Battersby (1901–1993).[4]
Description
editDorsally, T. battersbyi has four rows of large dark spots. It has a high number of ventral scales, up to 200. It has a low number of maxillary teeth, only 12.[5]
Reproduction
editT. battersbyi is viviparous.[5]
References
edit- ^ Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Reyes-Puig, C. (2019). "Tropidophis battersbyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T50952108A50952120. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T50952108A50952120.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Tropidophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ 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 battersbyi, p. 19).
- ^ a b Species Tropidophis battersbyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Tropidophis battersbyi, p. 88).
- Hedges SB (2002). "Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London, Zoology 68 (2): 83–90.
- Laurent RF (1949). "Note sur quelques reptiles appartenant à la collection de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. III. Formes américaines ". Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 25 (9): 1-20. (Tropidophis battersbyi, new species, p. 6). (in French).
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