Corallus cropanii

Corallus cropanii
Corallus cropanii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Boinae
Genus: Corallus
Species: C. cropanii
Binomial name
Corallus cropanii
(Hoge, 1953)
Synonyms
  • Xenoboa cropanii - Hoge, 1953
  • C[orallus]. cropanii - Kluge, 1991
  • Corallus cropanii - Henderson, 1993[1]
Common names: Cropan's tree boa.

Corallus cropanii is a non-venomous boa species found in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]

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Description

Very rare, only three known specimens have ever been collected and virtually nothing is known about its natural history.[3]

Geographic range

Found only on or near the coastal plain at 40–45 m (130–148 ft) elevation in the municipalities of Miracatu, Pedro de Toledo and Santos in São Paulo, Brazil. The type locality given is "Miracatu, State of São Paulo, Brazil."[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ "Corallus cropanii". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634793. Retrieved 14 July 2008. 
  3. ^ Stafford PJ, Henderson RJ. 1996. Kaleidoscopic Tree Boas: The Genus Corallus of Tropical America. Krieger Publishing Company. 120 pp. ISBN 0894649752.

Further reading

  • Kluge AG. 1991. Boine Snake Phylogeny and Research Cycles. Misc. Pub. Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan No. 178. PDF at University of Michigan Library. Accessed 11 July 2008.
  • Henderson RW, Puorto G. 1993. Corallus cropanii (Hoge). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 575 1993: 1-2.

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