Saint Vincent blacksnake

Saint Vincent blacksnake
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Chironius
Species: C. vincenti
Binomial name
Chironius vincenti
(Boulenger, 1891)
Synonyms

The Saint Vincent blacksnake (Chironius vincenti ), also commonly known as Vincent's sipo, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

Geographic range

C. vincenti is endemic to Saint Vincent, an island in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles that is part of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Etymology

The specific name, vincenti, refers to the island of Saint Vincent.[3]

Description

C. vincenti can grow to lengths in excess of a meter (40 inches). It is slate black, with a paler mouth and ventral surface.

Habitat

C. vincenti is probably restricted to habitats at elevations between 150 and 330 m (about 500-1,100 feet).

References

  1. ↑ Daltry, J.C.; Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. (2016). "Chironius vincenti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T4672A115069815. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4672A71739530.en. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Schwartz A, Thomas R (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. (Chironius vincenti, p. 180).
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Vincent's Sipo Chironius vincenti ", p. 275).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1891). "On Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes from the Lesser West Indies". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1891: 351-357. (Herpetodryas carinatus var. vincenti, new variation, p. 355).
  • Henderson R (1996), Chironius vincenti, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, retrieved 28 July 2007 .
  • Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999), Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean, Macmillan Education Ltd., pp. 101, 103, ISBN 0-333-69141-5 .


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