Chilabothrus exsul

Epicrates exsul

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Booidea 

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

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

Name edit

Chilabothrus exsul (Netting & Goin, 1944)

Type locality: Near Blackrock on the east coast of Great Abaco Island, Bahama Islands.

Holotype: CM 21408.

References edit

  • Netting, M. G. and C. J. Goin. 1944. Another new boa of the genus Epicrates from the Bahamas. Ann. Carnegie Mus. 30: 71–76.
  • Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1985. A guide to the identification of the amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies exclusive of Hispaniola. Milwaukee Public Mus., 165 pp.
  • McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Epicrates exsul at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names edit

English: Abaco Island Boa