Tropidophis bucculentus

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Tropidophis bucculentus, also known commonly as the Navassa Island dwarf boa, is a nonvenomous dwarf boa species endemic to Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.

Geographic range

The type locality given for T. bucculentus is "Navassa Id."

Description

Preserved museum specimens of T. bucculentus indicate that it varied in snout-to-vent length (SVL) from 30 –.

Reproduction

T. bucculentus is an ovoviviparous species.

Conservation status

T. bucculentus is possibly extinct. The species became a casualty of human interference and feral predators, such as rats, cats, dogs, and goats that were introduced during the large-scale mining period on this small island during the 1800s.

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