| 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. |
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| 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. |
| Powell,
R. 1999. Herpetology of Navassa Island, West Indies. Carib.
J. Sci., 35(1/2): 1-13. |
| Schwartz,
A. 1957. A New Species of Boa (Genus Tropidophis)
from Western Cuba. Amer. Mus. Novit., 1839: 1-8. |
| Schwartz,
A. 1975. Variation in the Antillean Boid Snake Tropidophis
haetianus Cope. J. Herpetol., 9(3): 303-311. |
| Underwood,
G. 2002. On the Rictal Structures of some Snakes. Herpetologica,
58(1): 1-17. |
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