Tropidophis bucculentus

Tropidophis bucculentus, also known commonly as the Navassa Island dwarf boa,^[4] is a nonvenomous dwarf boa species endemic to Navassa Island in the Caribbean Sea. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.^[4]

Tropidophis bucculentus
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Tropidophiidae
Genus:	Tropidophis
Species:	T. bucculentus
Binomial name
Tropidophis bucculentus (Cope, 1868)
Synonyms[2][3]
U[ngalia]. bucculenta Cope, 1868 Tropidophis bucculentus — Bailey, 1937 Tropidophis melanurus bucculentus — Thomas, 1966 Tropidophis bucculentus — Hedges, 2002

Geographic range

The type locality given for T. bucculentus is "Navassa Id."^[2]

Description

Preserved museum specimens of T. bucculentus indicate that it varied in snout-to-vent length (SVL) from 30–60 cm (0.98–1.97 ft).^[3]

Reproduction

T. bucculentus is an ovoviviparous species.^[3]

Conservation status

T. bucculentus is possibly extinct.^[1] 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.