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Distribution

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Continent: Caribbean
Distribution: Isla Mona, Virgin Islands, E. m. granti: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (US); E. m. monensis: Puerto Rico.
Type locality: Mona Island, near Puerto Rico.
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Mona Island boa

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Chilabothrus monensis, also called the Virgin Islands boa in the Virgin Islands,[4] and possibly sometimes as the Mona Island boa elsewhere, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[5] It is native to the West Indies.

Distribution and habitat

Chilabothrus monensis is found in the Puerto Rican archipelago, around Mona Island and Cayo Diablo near Puerto Rico, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and in the British Virgin Islands: Tortola, Great Camanoe, Necker and Virgin Gorda.[6]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies.

  • Chilabothrus monensis monensis Zenneck, 1898[6][7]
  • Chilabothrus monensis granti Stull, 1933

References

  1. ^ Rodriguez, C.; Mayer, G.C.; Tolson, P.J. (2021). "Chilabothrus monensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T7823A18979328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T7823A18979328.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ "Chilabothrus monensis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Carlson, Suzanne (May 7, 2019). "Epstein building compound on Great St. James". The Virgin Islands Daily News. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
  5. ^ "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Schwartz, Albert, Thomas, Richard (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Epicrates monensis, p. 185).
  7. ^ Zenneck J (1898). "Die Zeichnung der Boiden ". Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 64: 1-384. (Epicrates monensis, new species, pp. 64–66). (in German)
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Mona Island boa: Brief Summary

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Chilabothrus monensis, also called the Virgin Islands boa in the Virgin Islands, and possibly sometimes as the Mona Island boa elsewhere, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. It is native to the West Indies.

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