Trimetopon viquezi Dunn, 1937
Viquez's tropical ground snake
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1927
IUCN status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Siquirres, Costa Rica
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Dunn, Emmett Reid. (1937). New or Unnamed Snakes from Costa Rica. Copeia 1937(4): 213- 215.
Other references:
Köhler, G. 2003. Reptiles of Central America. Herpeton, Germany. 368 pp.
Porras, L.W., Solórzano, A., Chaves, G. & Acosta Chaves, V. (2013). Trimetopon viquezi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T203606A2769081. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203606A2769081.en. Downloaded on 14 December 2015.
Regalado, Pedro Galán. (2015). Los Anfibios y Reptiles Extinguidos: Herpetofauna Desaparecida Desde el Año 1500. Monografías de la Universidade da Coruña 155: 1-509.
Savage, J. M. and Villa, J. (1986). An Introduction to the Herpetofauna of Costa Rica. Soc. Stud. Amphib. Rept. Contrib. Herpetol. No. 3, viii + 207 pp.
Solórzano, A. (2004). Serpientes de Costa Rica: distribución, taxonomía e historia natural. INBio, Heredia, Costa Rica.
Wilson, L. D. and Johnson, J. D. (2010). Distributional patterns of the herpetofauna of Mesoamerica, a biodiversity hotspot. In: L.D. Wilson, J.H. Townsend, J.H. and J.D. Johnson (eds), Conservation of Mesoamerican amphibians and reptiles, pp. 30-235. Eagle Mountain Publishing, Eagle Mountain, Utah, USA.
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Trimetopon&species=viquezi
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/13213/trimetopon-viquezi