Chilabothrus subflavus

Chilabothrus subflavus

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 subflavus

Name

Chilabothrus subflavus (Stejneger, 1901)

• Holotype: USNM 14507.
• Type locality: “Jamaica”.

Combinations

• Epicrates subflavus Stejneger, 1901: 469 [original combination]
• Chilabothrus subflavus — Reynolds, Niemiller, Hedges, Dornburg, Puente-Rolón & Revell, 2013: 468 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Jamaica.

References

Primary references

• Stejneger, L. 1901. A new systematic name for the yellow boa of Jamaica. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23: 469–470.
• 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. 

Links

• Gibson, R., Hedges, S.B. & Wilson, B.S. 2021. IUCN: Chilabothrus subflavus  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T7826A18979286. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T7826A18979286.en. Accessed on 18 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Jamaican Yellow Boa
• polski: Boa jamajski