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Tropidophis Bibron in Ramon de la Sagra, 1840
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174332

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	Dwarf Boas [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2017

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Reptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles
	Order	Squamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents
	Suborder	Serpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents
	Infraorder	Alethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
	Family	Tropidophiidae Brongersma, 1951 – Dwarf Boas
	Genus	Tropidophis Bibron in Ramon de la Sagra, 1840 – Dwarf Boas
		Direct Children:
	Species	Tropidophis battersbyi Laurent, 1949 – Battersby's Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis bucculentus (Cope, 1868) – Navassa Dwarf Boa, Navassa Island Dwarf Boa, Navassa Trope
	Species	Tropidophis canus (Cope, 1868) – Bahama-Wood Snake
	Species	Tropidophis caymanensis Battersby, 1938 – Cayman Islands Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis celiae Hedges, Estrada and Díaz, 1999 – Canasi Trope
	Species	Tropidophis curtus (Garman, 1887) – Bahama-Wood Snake
	Species	Tropidophis feicki Schwartz, 1957 – Feick's Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis fuscus Hedges and Garrido, 1992 – Cuban Dusky Trope
	Species	Tropidophis galacelidus Schwartz and Garrido, 1975 – Pilsbry's Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis grapiuna Curcio, Sales Nunes, Suzart Argolo, Skuk and Rodrigues, 2012
	Species	Tropidophis greenwayi Barbour and Shreve, 1936 – Caicos Trope, Ambergris Cay Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis haetianus (Cope, 1879) – Hispaniolan Trope, Haitian Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis hardyi Schwartz and Garrido, 1975 – Escambray Small-headed Trope
	Species	Tropidophis hendersoni Hedges and Garrido, 2002
	Species	Tropidophis jamaicensis Stull, 1928 – Jamaican Brown Trope, Jamaican Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis maculatus (Bibron in Ramon de la Sagra, 1840) – Spotted Dwarf Boa, Spotted Red Trope
	Species	Tropidophis melanurus (Schlegel, 1837) – Dusky Dwarf Boa, Giant Trope, Wood Snake
	Species	Tropidophis morenoi Hedges, Garrido and Díaz, 2001 – Zebra Trope
	Species	Tropidophis nigriventris Bailey, 1937 – Dark-bellied Trope, Blackbelly Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis pardalis (Gundlach, 1840) – Spotted Brown Trope, Leopard Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis parkeri Grant, 1940 – Lazy Snake, Parker's Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis paucisquamis (Müller in Schenkel, 1901) – Brazilian Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis pilsbryi Bailey, 1937 – Oriente White-necked Trope, Pilsbry's Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis preciosus Curcio, Sales Nunes, Suzart Argolo, Skuk and Rodrigues, 2012
	Species	Tropidophis schwartzi Thomas, 1963 – Cayman Brac Trope, Schwartz' Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis semicinctus (Gundlach and Peters, 1864) – Banded Dwarf Boa, Yellow-banded Trope
	Species	Tropidophis spiritus Hedges and Garrido, 1999 – Sancti Spiritus Trope
	Species	Tropidophis stejnegeri Grant, 1940 – Jamaican Eyespot Trope, Stejneger's Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis stullae Grant, 1940 – Stull's Dwarf Boa, Portland Ridge Trope
	Species	Tropidophis taczanowskyi (Steindachner, 1880) – Taczanowsky's Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis wrighti Stull, 1928 – Gracile Banded Trope, Wright's Dwarf Boa
	Species	Tropidophis xanthogaster Domínguez, Moreno and Hedges, 2006 – Guanahacabibes Trope

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Roy W. McDiarmid
	Notes:	U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
	Reference for:	Tropidophis

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Tropidophis

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
	Publication Date:	1987
	Article/Chapter Title:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Resource Publication, no. 166
	Page(s):	79
	Publisher:	United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Tropidophis

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré
	Publication Date:	1999
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
	Page(s):	xi + 511
	Publisher:	The Herpetologists' League
	Publication Place:	Washington, D.C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-893777-01-4, 1-893777-00-6
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Tropidophis

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