Epicrates chrysogaster chrysogaster

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 Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Epicrates chrysogaster chrysogaster (Cope, 1871)

Turks Island Boa or Turks Island Rainbow Boa (locally)
A subspecies of the Southern Bahamas Boa, endemic to the Turks and Caicos Islands
Currently threatned by development and the introduction of non native predators such as house cats

Cope, E.D. 1871. Eighth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 11 [1870]: 553–559.

Mattison, Chris 2007. The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press.
McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
Reynolds, R.G. & G.P. Gerber, 2012: Ecology and Conservation of the Turks Island Boa (Epicrates chrysogaster chrysogaster: Squamata: Boidae) on Big Ambergris Cay. Journal of herpetology, 46(4): 578–586. DOI: 10.1670/11-079.
Epicrates chrysogaster at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 Mar 2008.
Reynolds, R. Graham 2009. Snakes of the Turks and Caicos Islands. Brochure for the National Environmental Centre, Providenciales.
Turks Island Boa Epicrates chrysogaster chrysogaster

English: Turks & Caicos Island Boa