Epicrates striatus
Epicrates striatus | |
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Captive Epicrates striatus in a terrarium. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Boidae |
Genus: | Epicrates |
Species: | E. striatus |
Binomial name | |
Epicrates striatus (J.G. Fischer, 1856) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Epicrates striatus, known commonly as the Hispaniolan boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[2] The species is endemic to the West Indies.
Distribution and habitat
Epicrates striatus is found in The Bahamas, the Bimini Islands, and on Hispaniola.
Subspecies
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Close-up of head of Epicrates striatus showing vertical pupil characteristic of the genus Epicrates.
Eight subspecies are recognized including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
- Epicrates striatus striatus (J.G. Fischer, 1856) – Hispaniolan or Dominican red mountain boa
- Epicrates striatus ailurus Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Cat Island Boa
- Epicrates striatus exagistus Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Tiburon Peninsula boa
- Epicrates striatus fosteri Barbour, 1941 – Bimini Island boa
- Epicrates striatus fowleri Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Andros Island or Bahamian boa
- Epicrates striatus mccraniei Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Ragged Island Boa
- Epicrates striatus strigilatus (Cope, 1863) – New Providence Island boa
- Epicrates striatus warreni Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Tortuga boa
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Epicrates.
Etymology
The subspecific name, fowleri is in honor of herpetologist Danny C. Fowler.[4] The subspecific name, warreni, is in honor of Mr. C. Rhea Warren who collected herpetological specimens on Île de la Tortue.[4]
References
- ↑ "Chilabothrus striatus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Epicrates ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
- ↑ 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. (Epicrates striatus, pp. 186-186).
- 1 2 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. (Epicrates striatus fowleri, p. 93; Epicrates striatus warreni, p. 280).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Epicrates striatus, pp. 96-97).
- Fischer JG (1856). "Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums ". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften Verein in Hamburg 3 (4): 79-116. (Homalochilus striatus, new species, pp. 102–106 + Plate II, Figures 2a & 2b). (in German).
- Sheplan BR, Schwartz A (1974). "Hispaniolan Boas of the genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) and their Antillean relationships". Annals of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 45: 57-143.
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