Chilabothrus striatus

Chilabothrus striatus, the Hispaniola boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[3] The species is endemic to Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic). The species is regularly found in the international pet trade.[1]

Chilabothrus striatus
Captive Chilabothrus striatus in a terrarium
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	Chilabothrus
Species:	C. striatus
Binomial name
Chilabothrus striatus (J.G. Fischer, 1856)
Synonyms[2]
Homalochilus striatus J.G. Fischer, 1856 Epicrates striatus — Steindachner, 1864 Chilabothrus striatus — Reynolds et al., 2013

Subspecies

Close-up of head of Chilabothrus striatus showing vertical pupil characteristic of the genus Chilabothrus

Three subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.[4]

• Chilabothrus striatus exagistus Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974 – Tiburon Peninsula boa
• Chilabothrus striatus striatus (J.G. Fischer, 1856) – Hispaniolan or Dominican red mountain boa
• Chilabothrus 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 Chilabothrus.

Etymology

The subspecific name, warreni, is in honor of C. Rhea Warren who collected herpetological specimens on Île de la Tortue.[5]

References

1. Landestoy, M.; Henderson, R.W.; Inchaustegui, S. (2018). "Chilabothrus striatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T62231A18979323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T62231A18979323.en.
2. "Chilabothrus striatus ". 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 striatus, pp. 186-186).
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 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.