Tropidophis boulengeri, commonly known as the northern eyelash boa, is a species of nonvenomous 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). It was formerly treated as Trachyboa boulengeri. The species is endemic to Central America.
Etymology The specific name, boulengeri, is in honor of Belgian-born British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Trachyboa boulengeri, p. 34).
Geographic range T. boulengeri is found in Colombia, western Ecuador,Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Trachyboa boulengeri, p. 88). and Panama. www.reptile-database.org.
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.
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[egi].a Università di Napoli, Series 3, 12: 1–3. (Trachyboa boulengeri, new species). (in Italian).