Epicrates monensis

Epicrates monensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Boidae
Genus:Epicrates
Species: E. monensis
Binomial name
Epicrates monensis
Zenneck, 1898
Synonyms
  • Epicrates monensis
    Zenneck, 1898
  • Epicrates gracilis monensis
    — Stimson, 1969
  • Epicrates monensis
    — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991
  • Chilabothrus monensis
    — Reynolds et al., 2013
  • Epicrates monensis
    — Wallach et al., 2014 [2]

Epicrates monensis, known commonly as the Mona boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[3] It is endemic to the West Indies.

Distribution and habitat

Epicrates monensis is found in the West Indies, 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.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.

  • Epicrates monensis granti Stull, 1933
  • Epicrates monensis monensis Zenneck, 1898[4]

The subspecific name, granti, is in honor of American herpetologist Chapman Grant.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Tolson P (1996). "Chilabothrus granti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T7829A12853577. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T7829A12853577.en. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Chilabothrus monensis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  4. ↑ 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 monensis, p. 185).
  5. ↑ 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 monensis granti, p. 106).

Further reading

  • 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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