Chilabothrus monensis

Chilabothrus monensis

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 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: Chilabothrus
Species: Chilabothrus monensis

Name

Chilabothrus monensis (Zenneck, 1898)

• Syntypes: HPM, now destroyed.
• Type locality: “Insel Mona bei Porto Rico”.

Combinations

• Epicrates monensis Zenneck, 1898: 64 [original combination]
• Epicrates gracilis monensis — Stull, 1935 [subsequent combination]
• Epicrates monensis — Schwartz & Henderson, 1988 [subsequent combination]
• Chilabothrus monensis — Reynolds, Niemiller, Hedges, Dornburg, Puente-Rolón & Revell, 2013: 468 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Mona Island.

References

Primary references

• Zenneck, J. 1898. Die Zeichnung der Boiden. Zeitschr. Wiss. Zool. 64: 1-384. BHL
• 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

• Rodriguez, C., Mayer, G.C. & Tolson, P.J. 2021. IUCN: Chilabothrus monensis  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T7823A18979328. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T7823A18979328.en. Accessed on 18 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Mona Island Boa