Chilabothrus striatus
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| Captive Chilabothrus striatus in a terrarium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Chilabothrus |
| Species: | C. striatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chilabothrus striatus (J.G. Fischer, 1856)
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Chilabothrus striatus, known commonly as the Hispaniolan boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[2] The species is endemic to the West Indies.
Distribution and habitat
Chilabothrus striatus is found in the Bahamas, the Bimini Islands, and on Hispaniola.
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
- Chilabothrus striatus striatus (J.G. Fischer, 1856) – Hispaniolan or Dominican red mountain boa
- Chilabothrus striatus exagistus Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Tiburon Peninsula boa
- Chilabothrus striatus warreni Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Tortuga boa
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Chilabothrus.
Etymology
The subspecific name, warreni, is in honor of C. Rhea Warren who collected herpetological specimens on Île de la Tortue.[4]
References
- ^ "Chilabothrus striatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Epicrates ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
- ^ Schwartz A, Thomas R (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 striatus, pp. 186-186).
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Epicrates striatus fowleri, p. 93; Epicrates striatus warreni, p. 280).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Epicrates striatus, pp. 96-97).
- Fischer JG (1856). "Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums ". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften Verein in Hamburg 3 (4): 79-116. (Homalochilus striatus, new species, pp. 102–106 + Plate II, Figures 2a & 2b). (in German).
- Sheplan BR, Schwartz A (1974). "Hispaniolan Boas of the genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) and their Antillean relationships". Annals of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 45: 57-143.
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