Trachyboa boulengeri
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Tropidophiidae |
| Genus: | Trachyboa |
| Species: | T. boulengeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Trachyboa boulengeri Peracca, 1910 | |
Trachyboa boulengeri, commonly known as the northern eyelash boa, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Tropidophiidae. The species is endemic to Central America.
Etymology
The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.
Geographic range
T. boulengeri is found in Colombia, western Ecuador, and Panama.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of T. boulengeri is evergreen lowland forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft). It is usually found near freshwater flooded areas, irrigation ditches, and rivers.
Diet
T. boulengeri preys on frogs and fishes.
Reproduction
T. boulengeri is viviparous.
References
- ^ a b c Ibáñez, R.; Jaramillo, C.; Rivas, G.; Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. (2019). "Trachyboa boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T203214A2762365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203214A2762365.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ McDiarmid 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).
- ^ "Trachyboa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Trachyboa boulengeri, p. 34).
- ^ Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Trachyboa boulengeri, p. 88).
- ^ a b Species Trachyboa boulengeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Dwyer Q, Arteaga A, Barrio-Amorós CL, Flagle A (2018). "Trachyboa boulengeri. Diet". Herpetological Review 49 (2): 359–360.
Further reading
- Lehmann HD (1970). "Beobachtungen bei der Haltung und Aufzucht von Trachyboa boulengeri (Serpentes, Boidae) ". Salamandra 6: (1–2): 32–42, 6 figures. (in German, with an abstract in English, and bilingual captions).
- Peracca MG (1910). "Descrizione di alcune nuove specie di ofidii del Museo Zoologico della R.a Università di Napoli ". Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R.a Università di Napoli, Series 3, 12: 1–3. (Trachyboa boulengeri, new species). (in Italian).
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