.:::: Snakes of the World - Boidea - Tropidophis :::::.

The genus Tropidophis is mainly distributed on the caribbean islands, but a few species are also to be found in southern America, new species are described quite often.

Tropidophis battersbyi Laurent, 1949

Distribution: Ecuador.

Tropidophis bucculentus (Cope, 1868)

Distribution: Navassa Island.

Tropidophis canus (Cope, 1868)
  • canus (Cope, 1868)
  • androsi Stull, 1927
  • barbouri Bailey, 1937
  • curtus Garman, 1887
  • Distribution: Bahamas.

    Tropidophis caymanensis (Battersby, 1938)
  • caymanensis (Battersby, 1938)
  • parkeri Grant, 1941
  • schwartzi Thomas, 1963
  • Distribution: Cayman Islands.

    Tropidophis celiae Hedges, Estrada & Diaz, 1999

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis feicki Schwartz, 1957

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis fuscus Hedges & Garrido, 1992

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis galacelidus Schwartz & Garrido, 1975

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis greenwayi Barbour & Shreve, 1936
  • greenwayi Barbour & Shreve, 1936
  • lanthanus Schwartz, 1963
  • Distribution: Caicos Islands.

    Tropidophis haetianus (Cope, 1879)
  • haetianus (Cope, 1879)
  • hemerus Schwartz, 1975
  • jamaicensis Stull, 1928
  • stejnegeri Grant, 1940
  • stullae Grant, 1940
  • tiburonensis Schwartz, 1975
  • Distribution: Dominican Republic (haetianus, hemerus, tiburonensis), Haiti (haetianus, tiburonensis) and Jamaica (jamaicensis, stejnegeri, stullae).

    Tropidophis hardyi Schwartz & Garrido, 1975

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis hendersoni Hedges & Garrido, 2002

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis maculatus (Bibron, 1843)

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis melanurus (Schlegel, 1837)
  • melanurus (Schlegel, 1837)
  • dysodes Schwartz & Thomas, 1960
  • ericksoni Schwartz & Thomas, 1960
  • Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis morenoi Hedges, Garrido & Díaz, 2001

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis nigriventris Bailey, 1937

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis pardalis (Gundlach, 1840)

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis paucisquamis (Müller, 1901)

    Distribution: Brazil and Peru.

    Tropidophis pilsbryi Bailey, 1937

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis semicinctus (Gundlach & Peters in Peters, 1864)

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis spiritus Hedges & Garrido, 1999

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Tropidophis taczanowskyi (Steindachner, 1880)

    Distribution: Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

    Tropidophis wrighti Stull, 1938

    Distribution: Cuba.

    Literature
    Gibson, F.W. 1970. The ”Quadrifurcate” Hemipenis of Tropidophis. Herpetol. Rev., 2(4): 29-30.
    Hedges, S.B., A.R. Estrada & L.M. Diaz. 1999. New Snake (Tropidophis) from Western Cuba. Copeia, 1999(2): 376-381.
    Hedges, S.B. & O.H. Garrido. 1992. A New Species of Tropidophis from Cuba (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae). Copeia, 1992(3): 820-825.
    Hedges, S.B. & O. Garrido. 1999. A New Snake of the Genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from Central Cuba. J. Herpetol., 33(3): 436-441.
    Hedges, S.B. & O.H. Garrido. 2002. A New Snake of the Genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from Eastern Cuba. J. Herpetol., 36(2): 157-161.
    Hedges, S.B., O.H. Garrido & L.M. Díaz. 2001. A New Banded Snakes of the Genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from North-Central Cuba. J. Herpetol., 35(4): 615-617.
    Hedges, S.B., C.A. Hass & T.K. Maugel. 1989. Physiological Color Change in Snakes. J. Herpetol., 23(4): 450-455.
    Peters, W.C.H. 1864. Über einige neue Säugethiere (Mormops, Macrotus, Vesperus, Molossus, Capromys), Amphibien (Platydactylus, Otocryptis, Euprepes, Ungalia, Dromicus, Tropidonotus, Xenodon, Hylodes) und Fische (Sillago, Sebastes, Channa, Myctophum, Carassius, Barbus, Capoëta, Poecilia, Saurenchelys, Leptocephalus). Mber. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1864: 381-399.
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    Schwartz, A. 1975. Variation in the Antillean Boid Snake Tropidophis haetianus Cope. J. Herpetol., 9(3): 303-311.
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