Chilabothrus striatus

Chilabothrus striatus

Taxonavigation

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 Cladus: Sauropsida 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 striatus
Subspecies (3): C. s. exagistus – C. s. striatus – C. s. warreni

Name

Chilabothrus striatus (Fischer, 1856)

• Syntypes (n=2): ZMUH 53–54. [destroyed in July 1943 during World War II]
• Type locality: “St. Thomas” and “St. Domingo”, restricted to “the vicinity of Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic” by Sheplan & Schwartz (1974: 66).

Combinations

• Homalochilus striatus Fischer 1856: 102 [original combination]
• Epicrates striatus — Steindachner, 1864: 93 [subsequent combination]
• Chilabothrus striatus — Reynolds, Niemiller, Hedges, Dornburg, Puente-Rolón & Revell, 2013 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Fischer, J.G. 1856. Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 3: 79–116. BHL Reference page. 
• Sheplan, B.R. & Schwartz, A. 1974. Hispaniolan boas of the genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) and their Antillean relationships. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 45: 57–143. BHL Reference page. 
• 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

• McDiarmid, R.W., Campbell, J.A. & Touré, T.A. 1999. Snake Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Volume 1. Herpetologists’ League: Washington, Dictrict of Columbia. 511 pp. ISBN 9781893777002 Reference page. 
• Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 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. 
• Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. striatus&species=13 January 2023 Chilabothrus striatus 13 January 2023. The Reptile Database.
• Landestoy, M., Henderson, R.W. & Inchaustegui, S. 2018. IUCN: Chilabothrus striatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T62231A18979323. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T62231A18979323.en. Accessed on 13 January 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Hispaniola Boa

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