Trachyboa
{{short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| taxon = Trachyboa
| image = Trachyboa boulengeriIMG 0448.JPG
| image_caption = Trachyboa boulengeri
| authority = W. Peters, 1860McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (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).
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:Common name: eyelash boas
Trachyboa is a genus of nonvenomous dwarf boas endemic to Central and South America. They are largely terrestrial, fish-eating snakes that inhabit tropical lowlands. Two species are recognized.{{ITIS|id=209620|taxon=Trachyboa|accessdate=29 August 2007}}
Distribution and habitat
Species
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| Trachyboa boulengeri
|Peracca, 1910 |northern eyelash boa |style="width:40%"|From Panama in the Chocó region through Pacific Colombia to Ecuador. |
| Trachyboa gularisT
|W. Peters, 1860 |Ecuadorian eyelash boa |Ecuador in the dry regions along the coast. |
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References
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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. (Genus Trachyboa, p. 109).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Genus Trachyboa, p. 88).
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. {{ISBN|0-7167-0020-4}}. (Genus Trachyboa, p. 320).
- Peters W (1860). "Eine neue Gattung von Riesenschlangen vor, welche von einem gebornen Preussen, Hrn. Carl Reiss, in Guayaquil nebst mehreren andern werthvollen Naturalien dem zoologischen Museum zugesandt worden ist ". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1860: 200-202. (Trachyboa, new genus, p. 200). (in German).
External links
- {{NRDB genus|genus=Trachyboa|date=29 August|year=2007}}
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