Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.
 
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Genus
Tropidophis
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Typical Dwarf Boas, Wood Snakes, (Tropes)
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Eigentliche Zwergboas
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Egentlige Dværgboaer
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1840 |  |
Leionotus Bibron in de la Sagra (type species: Leionotus maculatus Bibron 1840) |
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1840 | |
Tropidophis Bibron in de la Sagra (type species: Boa melanura Schlegel 1837) |
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1842 | |
Ungalia Gray (type species: Boa melanura Schlegel 1837) |
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1843 | |
Erycopsis Fitzinger (type species: Boa melanura Schlegel 1837) |
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1856 | |
Notophis Hallowell (type species: Notophis bicarinatus Hallowell 1856) |
Contents:
35 living species, of which 34 (97.1%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included in the family Boidae (e.g., Dowling 1959; Stimson 1969).
Distribution:
West Indies, South America.
Reported from:
Bahamas
(incl.
Great Inagua Bank
[incl.
Great Inagua]),
Brazil
(Bahia,
Espirito Santo,
Minas Gerais,
Parana,
Rio de Janeiro,
Sao Paulo),
Cayman Islands
(Cayman Brac,
Grand Cayman,
Little Cayman),
Cuba
(incl.
Isla de la Juventud),
Dominican Republic,
Ecuador,
Haiti
(incl.
Ile de la Gonâve),
Jamaica,
Peru,
Turks & Caicos Islands
(Caicos Islands).
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Tropidophis battersbyi
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Ecuadorian Dwarf Boa, (Battersby's Dwarf Boa)
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Ecuadorianische Zwergboa
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Ecuadoriansk Dværgboa
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1949 | |
Tropidophis battersbyi Laurent |
Remarks:
Known from only a single specimen registered without exact locality.
Distribution:
Ecuador.
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Tropidophis bucculentus
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Navassa Dwarf Boa
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Navassa-Zwergboa
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Navassa-dværgboa
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1868 | |
Ungalia bucculenta Cope |
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Tropidophis bucculentus Stejneger 1917 |
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Tropidophis melanurus bucculentus Thomas 1966 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Powell (1999) and Hedges (2002).
Almost certainly extinct (Powell & Henderson 1999), although it cannot be excluded that a small population may survive (Landestoy, Inchaustegui, Powell & Henderson 2021).
Distribution:
Navassa.
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Tropidophis cacuangoae
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Napo Dwarf Boa
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Napo-Zwergboa
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Napo-dværgboa
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2022 | |
Tropidophis cacuangoae Ortega-Andrade, Bentley, Koch, Yánez-Muñoz & Entiauspe-Neto |
Distribution:
Ecuador.
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Tropidophis canus
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Southern Bahamas Dwarf Boa, Great Inagua Island Dwarf Boa
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Südliche Bahama-Zwergboa
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Sydlig Bahama-dværgboa
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1868 | |
Ungalia cana Cope |
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Tropidophis cana Stejneger in Shattuck 1905 |
Remarks:
Previously included curtus.
Distribution:
Bahamas
(Great Inagua Bank:
Great Inagua).
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Tropidophis caymanensis
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Grand Cayman Dwarf Boa, Grand Cayman Ground Boa
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Grand Cayman-Zwergboa
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Grand Cayman-dværgboa
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1938 | |
Tropidophis melanurus caymanensis Battersby |
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Tropidophis caymanensis Thomas 1963 |
Remarks:
Previously included parkeri and schwartzi (e.g., Stimson 1969; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999).
Distribution:
Cayman Islands
(Grand Cayman).
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Tropidophis celiae
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Canasi Dwarf Boa
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Canasi-Zwergboa
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Canasi-dværgboa
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1999 | |
Tropidophis celiae Hedges, Estrada & Diaz |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis curtus
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Northern Bahamas Dwarf Boa
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Nördliche Bahama-Zwergboa
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Nordlig Bahama-dværgboa
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1887 | |
Ungualia curta Garman |
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Tropidophis pardalis curtus Stull 1928 |
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Tropidophis canus curtus Schwartz & Marsh 1960 |
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Tropidophis curtus Hedges 2002 |
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1928 | |
Tropidophis pardalis androsi Stull (syn. Hedges 2002) |
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Tropidophis canus androsi Schwartz & Marsh 1960 |
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Tropidophis curtus androsi Hedges 2002 |
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1937 | |
Tropidophis pardalis barbouri Bailey (syn. Hedges 2002) |
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Tropidophis canus barbouri Schwartz & Marsh 1960 |
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Tropidophis curtus barbouri Hedges 2002 |
Other common names:
androsi: Andros Island Dwarf Boa
barbouri: Eleuthera Island Dwarf Boa
curtus: Bimini Dwarf Boa
Distribution:
Bahamas.
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Tropidophis feicki
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Broad-banded Dwarf Boa
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Breitband-Zwergboa
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Bredbåndet Dværgboa
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1957 | |
Tropidophis feicki Schwartz |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis fuscus
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Cuban Dusky Dwarf Boa
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Kubanische Dunkle Zwergboa
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Cubansk Mørk Dværgboa
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1992 | |
Tropidophis fuscus Hedges & Garrido |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis galacelidus
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Escambray White-necked Dwarf Boa, Las Villas Dwarf Boa
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Westliche Weisshals-Zwergboa
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Vestlig Hvidhalset Dværgboa
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1975 | |
Tropidophis pilsbryi galacelidus Schwartz & Garrido |
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Tropidophis galacelidus Hedges 2002 |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis grapiuna
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Bahia Dwarf Boa
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Bahia-Zwergboa
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Bahia-dværgboa
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2012 | |
Tropidophis grapiuna Curcio, Nunes, Argôlo, Skuk & Rodrigues |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Bahia).
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Tropidophis greenwayi
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Caicos Islands Dwarf Boa
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Caicos-Zwergboa
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Caicos-dværgboa
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1936 | |
Tropidophis pardalis greenwayi Barbour & Shreve |
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Tropidophis greenwayi Schwartz & Marsh 1960 |
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1963 | |
Tropidophis greenwayi lanthanus Schwartz |
Other common names:
greenwayi: Ambergris Cay Dwarf Boa
lanthanus: Common Caicos Islands Dwarf Boa
Distribution:
Turks & Caicos Islands
(Caicos Islands).
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Tropidophis haetianus
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Hispaniolan Dwarf Boa
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Hispaniola-Zwergboa
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Hispaniolansk Dværgboa, Haiti-dværgboa
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1879 | |
Ungualia haetiana Cope |
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Tropidophis haetianus Schwartz & Marsh 1960 |
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1888 | |
Tropidophis conjunctus Fischer (syn. Stimson 1969) |
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Ungalia conjuncta Boulenger 1893 |
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1893 | |
Ungalia maculata Boulenger (syn. Stimson 1969) |
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1975 | |
Tropidophis haetianus hemerus Schwartz |
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1975 | |
Tropidophis haetianus tiburonensis Schwartz |
Other common names:
haetianus: Haitian Dwarf Boa
hermerus: Dominican Republic Dwarf Boa
tiburonensis: Tiburon Dwarf Boa
Remarks:
Previously included jamaicensis, stejnegeri, and stullae (e.g., Stimson 1969).
Records from Cuba (e.g., Schwartz & Henderson 1991; Schettino 2000) refer to hendersoni (Hedges & Garrido 2002).
Distribution:
Dominican Republic,
Haiti
(incl.
Ile de la Gonâve).
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Tropidophis hardyi
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Escambray Small-headed Dwarf Boa
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Kleinkopf-Zwergboa
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Småhovedet Dværgboa
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1975 | |
Tropidophis nigriventris hardyi Schwartz & Garrido |
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Tropidophis hardyi Hedges 2002 |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis hendersoni
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Cuban Khaki Dwarf Boa
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Khaki-Zwergboa
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Khaki-dværgboa
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2002 | |
Tropidophis hendersoni Hedges & Garrido |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis jamaicensis
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Jamaican Brown Dwarf Boa
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Braune Jamaika-Zwergboa
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Brun Jamaica-dværgboa
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1928 | |
Tropidophis maculatus jamaicensis Stull |
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Tropidophis haetianus jamaicensis Schwartz & Marsh 1960 |
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Tropidophis jamaicensis Hedges 2002 |
Distribution:
Jamaica.
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Tropidophis leonae
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Jaragua Golden Dwarf Boa
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Jaragua-Zwergboa
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Jaragua-dværgboa
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2023 | |
Tropidophis leonae Landestoy T. |
Distribution:
Dominican Republic.
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Tropidophis maculatus
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Spotted Red Dwarf Boa
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Gefleckte Rote Zwergboa
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Plettet Rød Dværgboa
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1840 | |
Leionotus maculatus Bibron |
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Tropidophis maculatus Duméril & Bibron 1844 |
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Ungalia maculata Cope 1868 |
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1864 | |
Tropidophis distinctus Jan (syn. Stimson 1969) |
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1868 | |
Ungalia dipsadina Cope (syn. Stimson 1969) |
Distribution:
Cuba
(incl.
Isla de la Juventud).
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Tropidophis melanurus
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Giant Dwarf Boa, (Cuban Dwarf Boa)
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Kubanische Zwergboa
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Kæmpedværgboa, Cuba-dværgboa
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1837 | |
Boa melanura Schlegel |
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Tropidophis melanurus Bibron in Sagra 1840 |
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Ungalia melanura Cope 1868 |
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1856 | |
Notophis bicarinatus Hallowell (syn. Stimson 1969) |
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1960 | |
Tropidophis melanurus dysodes Schwartz & Thomas |
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1960 | |
Tropidophis melanurus ericksoni Schwartz & Thomas |
Other common names:
dysodes: Pinar del Rio Dwarf Boa
ericksoni: Pine Island Dwarf Boa
melanurus: Cuban Black-tailed Dwarf Boa
Remarks:
Previously included bucculentus (e.g., Stimson 1969).
Records from Navassa refer to bucculentus.
Distribution:
Cuba
(incl.
Isla de la Juventud).
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Tropidophis morenoi
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Zebra Dwarf Boa
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Zebra-Zwergboa
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Zebra-dværgboa
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2001 | |
Tropidophis morenoi Hedges, Garrido & Díaz |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis nigriventris
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Dark-bellied Dwarf Boa
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Dunkelbauch-Zwergboa
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Mørkbuget Dværgboa
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1937 | |
Tropidophis nigriventris Bailey |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis pardalis
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Spotted Brown Dwarf Boa, Leopard Dwarf Boa, (Cuban Dwarf Boa)
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Gefleckte Braune Zwergboa
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Plettet Brun Dværgboa
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1840 | |
Boa pardalis Gundlach |
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Ungalia pardalis Cope 1868 |
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Tropidophis pardalis Stejneger in Shattuck 1905 |
Remarks:
Previously included curtus, greenwayi, and stejnegeri.
Distribution:
Cuba
(incl.
Isla de la Juventud).
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Tropidophis parkeri
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Little Cayman Dwarf Boa, Little Cayman Ground Boa
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Little Cayman-Zwergboa
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Little Cayman-dværgboa
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1941 | |
Tropidophis parkeri Grant |
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Tropidophis caymanensis parkeri Thomas 1963 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Hedges (2002).
Distribution:
Cayman Islands
(Little Cayman).
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Tropidophis paucisquamis
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Southern Brazilian Dwarf Boa, (Brazilian Dwarf Boa)
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Südbrasilianische Zwergboa
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Sydbrasiliansk Dværgboa
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1901 | |
Ungalia paucisquamis Müller |
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Tropidophis paucisquamis Stull 1928 |
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1901 | |
Ungalia brasiliensis Andersson (syn. Stimson 1969) |
Remarks:
Erroneously reported (e.g., Stimson 1969; Peters & Orejas-Mirand 1970; Henle & Ehrl 1991) from Peru (Curcio, Nunes, Argôlo, Skuk & Rodrigues 2012, by implication).
Distribution:
Brazil
(Espirito Santo,
Minas Gerais,
Parana,
Rio de Janeiro,
Sao Paulo).
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Tropidophis pilsbryi
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Oriente White-necked Dwarf Boa
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Östliche Weisshals-Zwergboa
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Østlig Hvidhalset Dværgboa
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1937 | |
Tropidophis maculatus pilsbryi Bailey |
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Tropidophis pilsbryi Schwartz & Marsh 1960 |
Remarks:
Previously included galacelidus.
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis preciosus
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Minas Gerais Dwarf Boa
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Minas Gerais-Zwergboa
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Minas Gerais-dværgboa
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2012 | |
Tropidophis preciosus Curcio, Nunes, Argôlo, Skuk & Rodrigues |
Distribution:
Brazil
(Minas Gerais).
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Tropidophis schwartzi
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Cayman Brac Dwarf Boa, Cayman Brac Ground Boa
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Cayman Brac-Zwergboa
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Cayman Brac-dværgboa
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1963 | |
Tropidophis caymanensis schwartzi Thomas |
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Tropidophis schwartzi Hedges 2002 |
Distribution:
Cayman Islands
(Cayman Brac).
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Tropidophis semicinctus
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Yellow-banded Dwarf Boa
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Bänder-Zwergboa
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Gulbåndet Dværgboa
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1864 | |
Ungalia maculata var. semicincta Gundlach & Peters |
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Ungalia semicincta Gundlach in Poey 1867 |
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Tropidophis semicincta Barbour 1914 |
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1885 | |
Tropidophis moreletii Bocourt (syn. Stimson 1969) |
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Ungalia moreletii Boulenger 1893 |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis spiritus
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Sancti Spiritus Dwarf Boa
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Sancti Spiritus-Zwergboa
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Sancti Spiritus-dværgboa
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1999 | |
Tropidophis spiritus Hedges & Garrido |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis steinleini
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Maisí Dwarf Boa
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Maisí-Zwergboa
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Maisí-dværgboa
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2020 | |
Tropidophis steinleini Díaz & Cádiz |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis stejnegeri
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Jamaican Eyespot Dwarf Boa
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Augenfleck-Zwergboa
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Øjenplet-dværgboa
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1940 | |
Tropidophis pardalis stejnegeri Grant |
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Tropidophis haetianus stejnegeri Schwartz & Marsh 1960 |
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Tropidophis stejnegeri Hedges 2002 |
Distribution:
Jamaica.
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Tropidophis stullae
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Portland Ridge Dwarf Boa
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Portland Ridge-Zwergboa
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Portland Ridge-dværgboa
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1940 | |
Tropidophis maculatus stulli Grant |
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Tropidophis haetianus stulli Schwartz & Marsh 1960 |
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Tropidophis haetianus stullae [justified emendation] Schwartz & Fowler 1973 |
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Tropidophis stullae Hedges 2002 |
Distribution:
Jamaica.
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Tropidophis taczanowskyi
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Peruvian Dwarf Boa, Amazon Dwarf Boa
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Peruvianische Zwergboa
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Peruviansk Dværgboa
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1880 | |
Ungalia taczanowskyi Steindachner |
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Tropidophis taczanowskyi Stull 1928 |
Distribution:
Ecuador,
Peru.
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Tropidophis wrighti
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Gracile Banded Dwarf Boa
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Gebänderte Zwergboa
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Slank Båndet Dværgboa
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1928 | |
Tropidophis wrighti Stull |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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Tropidophis xanthogaster
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Guanahacabibes Dwarf Boa
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Guanahacabibes-Zwergboa
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Guanahacabibes-dværgboa
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2006 | |
Tropidophis xanthogaster Domínguez, Moreno & Hedges |
Distribution:
Cuba.
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