Chilabothrus chrysogaster chrysogaster
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Booidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Chilabothrus
Species: Chilabothrus chrysogaster
Subspecies: Chilabothrus chrysogaster chrysogaster
Name
[edit]Chilabothrus chrysogaster chrysogaster (Cope, 1871)
- Holotype: ANSP 10322, ♂, collected by A.J. Ebell.
- Type locality: “Turk's Island”.
Native distribution areas
[edit]- Turks and Caicos Islands: Caicos Bank: Providenciales, North Caicos, Middle Caicos, and East Caicos, Dellis Cay and Parrot Cay (Caicos Cays), Joe Grant’s Cay (near East Caicos), and the Ambergris Cays; Turks Bank: East Cay and Gibbs Cay.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Cope, E.D. 1871. Eighth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11: 553–559.
Additional references
[edit]- Reynolds, R.G. 2009. Snakes of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Brochure for the National Environmental Centre: Providenciales.
- Reynolds, R.G. & Gerber, G.P. 2012. Ecology and Conservation of the Turks Island Boa (Epicrates chrysogaster chrysogaster: Squamata: Boidae) on Big Ambergris Cay. Journal of Herpetology 46(4): 578–586. DOI: 10.1670/11-079
- Reynolds, R.G. 2026 An annotated checklist and species accounts of the native terrestrial reptiles of the Turks and Caicos Islands. ZooKeys 1290: 1–33. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1290.198843
Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Turks & Caicos Island Boa