Chilabothrus exsul

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Chilabothrus
Species: Chilabothrus exsul

Chilabothrus exsul (Netting & Goin, 1944)

Holotype: CM 21408, adult ♂.
Type locality: “Near Blackrock on the east coast of Great Abaco Island, Bahama Islands”.

Epicrates exsul Netting & Goin, 1944: 71 [original combination]
Chilabothrus exsul — Reynolds, Niemiller, Hedges, Dornburg, Puente-Rolón & Revell, 2013: 468 [subsequent combination]

Bahamas: Little Bahama Bank: including Grand Bahama, Great Abaco, Little Abaco, Green Turtle Cay, Elbow Cay and Tilloo Cay.

Netting, M.G. & Goin, C.J. 1944. Another new boa of the genus Epicrates from the Bahamas. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 30: 71–76.
Reynolds, R.G., Niemiller, M.L., Hedges, S.B., Dornburg, A., Puente-Rolón, A.R. & Revell, L.J. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of West Indian boid snakes (Chilabothrus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(3): 461–470. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.029 Reference page.

Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. University of Florida Press: Gainesville. xiv + 720 p. ISBN 9780813010496 Reference page.
Reynolds, R.G. & Henderson, R.W. 2018. Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidea): A Checklist With Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162(1): 1–59. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ48.1 Reference page.

Reynolds, R. & Buckner, S. 2016. IUCN: Chilabothrus exsul (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T15155078A15155082. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15155078A15155082.en. Accessed on 18 October 2025.