''Trachyboa boulengeri'', commonly known as the northern eyelash boa, is a
species of
nonvenomous
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snake in the
family Tropidophiidae.
[ 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. (series). (volume).] The species is
endemic to
Central America.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''boulengeri'', is in honor of
Belgian-born
British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger
George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians. Boulenger was also an active botani ...
.
Geographic range
''T. boulengeri'' is found in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
, western
Ecuador,
[ Freiberg M (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (''Trachyboa boulengeri'', p. 88).] and
Panama.
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Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat of ''T. boulengeri'' is evergreen lowland
forest,
[ Dwyer Q, Arteaga A, Barrio-Amorós CL, Flagle A (2018). "''Trachyboa boulengeri''. Diet". ''Herpetological Review'' 49 (2): 359–360.] at altitudes from sea level to .
It is usually found near freshwater flooded areas, irrigation ditches, and rivers.
Diet
''T. boulengeri'' preys on
frogs and
fishes.
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Reproduction
''T. boulengeri'' is viviparous.[
]
References
Further reading
* Lehmann HD (1970). "''Beobachtungen bei der Haltung und Aufzucht von ''Trachyboa boulengeri'' (Serpentes, Boidae)'' Observations on the Keeping and Rearing of ''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 gia Università di Napoli'', Series 3, 12: 1–3. (''Trachyboa boulengeri'', new species). (in Italian).
Tropidophiidae
Reptiles of Colombia
Reptiles of Ecuador
Reptiles of Panama
Reptiles described in 1910
Taxa named by Mario Giacinto Peracca
Snakes of Central America
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