''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.
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
The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...
, and in the
British Virgin Islands:
Tortola,
Great Camanoe,
Necker and
Virgin Gorda.
[ 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).]
Subspecies
Two
subspecies
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are recognized, including the
nominate subspecies
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.
*''Chilabothrus monensis monensis''
Zenneck, 1898[ 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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*''Chilabothrus monensis granti'' Stull, 1933
References
Chilabothrus
Reptiles of Puerto Rico
Reptiles of the United States Virgin Islands
Reptiles described in 1898
Snakes of the Caribbean
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