Tropidophis bucculentus
# Tropidophis bucculentus

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 30–60 cm (0.98–1.97 ft).

## 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.

