Corallus grenadensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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 Superclassis: 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: Corallus
Species: Corallus grenadensis

Name

Corallus grenadensis (Barbour, 1914)

• Holotype: MCZ 7791, adult ♂, collected by G. M. Allen on 20 August 1910.
• Type locality: “St. George’s, Grenada”.

Combinations

• Boa grenadensis Barbour, 1914: 327 [original combination]
• Corallus grenadensis — Henderson, 1997: 210 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Grenada and the Grenadines: Bequia, Ile Quatre, Baliceaux, Mustique, Canouan, Mayreau, Union, Carriacou and Grenada.

References

Primary references

• Barbour, T. 1914. A Contribution to the Zoögeography of the West Indies, with Especial Reference to Amphibians and Reptiles. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 44(2): 205–359. BHL
• Henderson, R.W. 1997. A taxonomic review of the Corallus hortulanus complex of Neotropical tree boas. Caribbean Journal of Science 33(3-4): 198–221. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Colston, T.J., Grazziotin, F.G., Shepard, D.B., Vitt, L.J., Colli, G.R., Henderson, R.W., Hedges, S.B., Bonatto, S.L., Zaher, H., Noonan, B.P. & Burbrink, F.T. 2013. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of tree boas (Corallus spp.). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 953–959. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.027 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

• Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2021. IUCN: Corallus grenadensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44580027A44580035. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T44580027A44580035.en. Accessed on 04 May 2023.

Vernacular names

• English: Grenada Tree Boa