Chilabothrus fordii

Chilabothrus fordii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Chilabothrus
Species: Chilabothrus fordii
Subspecies (3): C. f. agametus – C. f. fordii – C. f. manototus

Name

Chilabothrus fordii (Günther, 1861)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.55.
• Type locality: “Western Africa”, corrected to “the vicinity of Port-au-Prince, Département de l'Ouest, Haiti” by Sheplan & Schwartz (1974), but corrected to “República Dominicana” by Wetherbee (1987).

Combinations

• Pelophilus fordii Günther, 1861: 142 [original combination]
• Epicrates fordi — Boulenger, 1893: 98 [subsequent combination]
• Epicrates inornatus fordii — Stull, 1935 [subsequent combination]
• Chilabothrus fordii — Reynolds, Niemiller, Hedges, Dornburg, Puente-Rolón & Revell, 2013: 468 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Chilabothrus maculatus Fischer 1888: 33

Native distribution areas

• Dominican Republic
• Haiti

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1861. On a new species of the family Boidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861: 142.
• 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Landestoy, M., Inchaustegui, S. & Henderson, R.W. 2021. IUCN: Chilabothrus fordii  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T15155091A15155181. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T15155091A15155181.en. Accessed on 18 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Hispaniolan Desert Boa