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Continent: Caribbean
Distribution: E/C Cuba
Type locality: East Cuba.
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Tropidophis wrighti

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Tropidophis wrighti, commonly known as Wright's dwarf boa, the gracile banded dwarf boa, and the gracile banded trope, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Cuba.[3]

Etymology

T. wrighti is named after American botanist and explorer Charles Wright.[4]

Geographic range

T. wrighti is found in eastern Cuba from Céspedes in Camagüey Province eastward to Santiago de Cuba in Santiago de Cuba Province.[5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. wrighti is forest, but it also can be found in coffee plantations and near houses.[1]

Reproduction

T. wrighti is viviparous.[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Fong, A. (2019). "Tropidophis wrighti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T75606693A75608094. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T75606693A75608094.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  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). (Tropidophis wrighti, p. 222).
  3. ^ "Tropidophis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011)The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles at Google Books. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidophis wrighti, p. 290).
  5. ^ Schwartz, Albert; Thomas, Richard (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Tropidophis wrighti, p. 196).
  6. ^ Species Tropidophis wrighti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
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Tropidophis wrighti: Brief Summary

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Tropidophis wrighti, commonly known as Wright's dwarf boa, the gracile banded dwarf boa, and the gracile banded trope, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae. The species is endemic to Cuba.

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