Mona Island boa

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Mona Island boa
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Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Chilabothrus
Species:
C. monensis
Binomial name
Chilabothrus monensis
(Zenneck, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Epicrates monensis
    Zenneck, 1898
  • Epicrates gracilis monensis
    — , 1969
  • Epicrates monensis
    — Schwartz & , 1991
  • Chilabothrus monensis
    — et al., 2013
  • Epicrates monensis
    — Wallach et al., 2014 [3]

Chilabothrus monensis, also called the Virgin Islands tree boa in the Virgin Islands,[4] and possibly sometimes as the Mona Island boa elsewhere, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[5] It is native to the West Indies.

Distribution and habitat[]

Chilabothrus monensis is found in the Puerto Rican archipelago, around Mona Island and Cayo Diablo near Puerto Rico, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and in the British Virgin Islands: Tortola, Great Camanoe, Necker and Virgin Gorda.[6]

Subspecies[]

Two subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.

  • Chilabothrus monensis monensis Zenneck, 1898[6][7]
  • Chilabothrus monensis granti Stull, 1933

References[]

  1. ^ Rodriguez, C.; Mayer, G.C.; Tolson, P.J. (2021). "Chilabothrus monensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T7823A18979328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T7823A18979328.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ "Chilabothrus monensis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Carlson, Suzanne (May 7, 2019). "Epstein building compound on Great St. James". The Virgin Islands Daily News. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  5. ^ "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Schwartz, Albert, Thomas, Richard (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Epicrates monensis, p. 185).
  7. ^ Zenneck J (1898). "Die Zeichnung der Boiden ". Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 64: 1-384. (Epicrates monensis, new species, pp. 64–66). (in German)


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