Chilabothrus granti

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Chilabothrus granti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Chilabothrus
Species:
C. granti
Binomial name
Chilabothrus granti
(Stull, 1933)
Synonyms[2]

Chilabothrus granti, also known commonly as the Virgin Islands boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is native to the Caribbean.

Etymology

The specific name, granti, is in honor of American herpetologist Chapman Grant.[3]

Geographic range

C. granti is found in Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. granti are forest and shrubland at altitudes from sea level to 100 m (330 ft), but it has also been found in gardens.[1]

Diet

C. granti preys upon frogs, lizards, and snakes.[1]

Reproduction

C. granti is viviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Platenberg, R. (2021). "Chilabothrus granti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T7829A18979910. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Chilabothrus granti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 December 2014.
  3. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
    . (Epicrates monensis granti, p. 106).

Further reading

  • Platenberg RJ, Harvey DS (2010). "Endangered species and land use conflicts: a case study of the Virgin Islands Boa (Epicrates granti)". Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5: 548–554. (Epicrates granti, new taxonomic status).
  • Rodríguez-Robles JA, Jezkova T, Fujita MK, Tolson PJ, García MA (2015). "Genetic divergence and diversity in the Mona and Virgin Islands Boas, Chilabothrus monensis (Epicrates monensis) (Serpentes: Boidae), West Indian snakes of special conservation concern". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18: 144–153. (Chilabothrus granti, new combination).
  • ISBN 978-0813010496
    .
  • 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 monensis granti, p. 185).
  • Sheplan BR, Schwartz A (1974). "Hispaniolan boas of the genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) and their Antillean relationships". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 45: 57–143. (Epicrates monensis granti, new combination, pp. 102–104).
  • Stull OG (1933). "Two new subspecies of the family Boidae". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (267): 1–4. (Epicrates inornatus granti, new subspecies).



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