Tropidophis wrighti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Tropidophiidae |
Genus: | Tropidophis |
Species: | T. wrighti
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Binomial name | |
Tropidophis wrighti Stull, 1928
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Tropidophis wrighti, commonly known as Wright's dwarf boa, the gracile banded dwarf boa, and the gracile banded trope, is a species of snake in the family Tropidophiidae.[2] The species is endemic to Cuba.[3]
T. wrighti is named after American botanist and explorer Charles Wright.[4]
T. wrighti is found in eastern Cuba from Céspedes in Camagüey Province eastward to Santiago de Cuba in Santiago de Cuba Province.[5]
The preferred natural habitat of T. wrighti is forest, but it also can be found in coffee plantations and near houses.[1]
T. wrighti is viviparous.[1][6]