Chilabothrus ampelophis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Chilabothrus
Species: Chilabothrus ampelophis

Name

Chilabothrus ampelophis Landestoy, Reynolds & Henderson, 2021: 6

• Holotype: MNHNSD 23.3901 (MALT 00726), ♂, collected by M.A. Landestoy and G. Féliz on 18 November 2020.
• Type locality: “in the hills of Loma La Trinchera, Paso Sena, 4 km N of Pedernales, Pedernales Province, Dominican Republic”.

References

Primary references

• Landestoy T., M.A., Reynolds, R.G. & Henderson, R.W. 2021. A Small New Arboreal Species of west Indian Boa (Boidae; Chilabothrus) from southern Hispaniola. Breviora 571(1): 1–20. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ67.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Chilabothrus ampelophis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Hispaniolan Vineboa