Chilabothrus striatus

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Chilabothrus striatus
A captive Chilabothrus striatus in a terrarium

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Chilabothrus
Species:
C. striatus
Binomial name
Chilabothrus striatus
(J.G. Fischer, 1856)
Synonyms[2]
  • Homalochilus striatus
    J.G. Fischer, 1856
  • Epicrates striatus
    — Steindachner, 1864
  • Chilabothrus striatus
    — Reynolds et al., 2013

Chilabothrus striatus, the Hispaniolan boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[3] The species is endemic to Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic). The species is regularly found in the international pet trade.[1]

Subspecies

Close-up of head of Chilabothrus striatus showing vertical pupil characteristic of the genus Chilabothrus

Three subspecies are recognized:[4]

  • Chilabothrus striatus exagistus Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Tiburon Peninsula boa
  • Chilabothrus striatus striatus (J.G. Fischer, 1856) – Hispaniolan or Dominican red mountain boa
  • Chilabothrus striatus warreni Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Tortuga Island boa

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.[5]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T62231A18979323.en
    . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Chilabothrus striatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ "Epicrates ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  4. ^ 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).
  5. 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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