Mona Island boa
Chilabothrus monensis, also called commonly the Virgin Islands boa in the Virgin Islands,[4] and the Mona Island boa elsewhere, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[5] The species is native to the West Indies. There are no subspecies.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Chilabothrus |
| Species: | C. monensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chilabothrus monensis (Zenneck, 1898) | |
| Synonyms | |
Distribution and habitat
C. 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]
References
- 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.
- "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- Species Chilabothrus monensis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- Carlson, Suzanne (May 7, 2019). "Epstein building compound on Great St. James". The Virgin Islands Daily News. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
- 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).
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