Chilabothrus fordii

Chilabothrus fordii

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 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 fordii
Subspecies: E. f. agametus – E. f. fordii – E. f. manototus

Name

Chilabothrus fordii (Günther, 1861)

Type locality: "Western Africa".

Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.1.55.

Synonyms

• Pelophilus fordii Günther 1861: 142
• Chilabothrus maculatus Fischer 1888: 33
• Epicrates fordi — Boulenger 1893: 98

References

• Günther, A. 1861. On a new species of the family Boidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1861:142.
• McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
• Schwartz,A. & Henderson,R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
• Epicrates fordii at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Ford’s Boa