Chilabothrus granti
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Booidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Chilabothrus
Species: Chilabothrus granti
Name
[edit]Chilabothrus granti (Stull, 1933)
- Holotype: MCZ 33947, adult ♂.
- Type locality: “Tortola Island”.
Combinations
[edit]- Epicrates inornatus granti Stull, 1933: 1 [original combination]
- Epicrates monensis granti — Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974: 102 [subsequent combination]
- Epicrates granti — Platenberg & Harvey, 2010 [subsequent combination]
- Chilabothrus granti — Reynolds, Niemiller, Hedges, Dornburg, Puente-Rolón & Revell, 2013: 468 [subsequent combination]
Native distribution areas
[edit]- British and US Virgin Islands: including Tortola, Great Camanoe, Guana, Necker, Jost Van Dyke, and the eastern end of the island of St. Thomas.
- Puerto Rico: in the foothills of the Sierra Luquillo, Cayo Diablo, and Isla Culebra.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Stull, O.G. 1933. Two new subspecies of the family Boidae. Occasional Papers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (267): 1–4.
- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Platenberg, R. 2021. IUCN: Chilabothrus granti (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T7829A18979910. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T7829A18979910.en. Accessed on 18 October 2025.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Virgin Islands Tree Boa