Tropidophis taczanowskyi

Tropidophis taczanowskyi, also known commonly as Taczanowski's dwarf boa, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[3] The species is native to northern South America.

Tropidophis taczanowskyi
Original illustration, from Steindachner, 1880.
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Tropidophiidae
Genus:	Tropidophis
Species:	T. taczanowskyi
Binomial name
Tropidophis taczanowskyi (Steindachner, 1880)
Synonyms[2]
Ungalia taczanowskyi Steindachner, 1880 Tropidophis taczanowskyi — Stull, 1928

Etymology

Both the specific name, taczanowskyi, and the common name, Taczanowski's dwarf boa, are in honor of Polish zoologist Władysław Taczanowski.[4]

Geographic range

T. taczanowskyi is found in Ecuador and Peru.[5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. taczanowskyi is forest, at altitudes of 823–2,900 m (2,700–9,514 ft).[1]

Reproduction

T. taczanowskyi is viviparous.[2]

References

1. Yánez-Muñoz M, Brito J, Cisneros-Heredia DF (2019). "Tropidophis taczanowskyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T50952126A50952178. https://dx.doi.org/IUCN.UK.2019-2.TLTS.T50952126A50952178.en. Downloaded on 02 August 2020.
2. Species Tropidophis taczanowskyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. 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).
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Tropidophis taczanowskyi, p. 260).
5. "Tropidophis taczanowsyi ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Ungalia taczanowskyi, p. 111).
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Tropidophis taczanowskyi, p. 88).
• Steindachner F (1880). "Über eine neue peruanische Ungalia-Art, Ungalia taczanowskyi". Sitzungberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaften Classe, Wien 80 (1): 522-525 + one plate. (Ungalia taczanowsyi, new species). (in German).
• Stull OG (1928). "A Revision of the Genus Tropidophis ". Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (195): 1-49. (Tropidophis taczanowskyi, new combination, p. 21).