Mona Island boa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Chilabothrus |
| Species: | C. monensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chilabothrus monensis (Zenneck, 1898)
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Chilabothrus monensis, also called commonly the Virgin Islands boa in the Virgin Islands,[4] and the Mona Island boa elsewhere, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[5] The species is native to the West Indies. There are no subspecies.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]C. monensis is found in the Puerto Rican archipelago, 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.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Rodriguez, C.; Mayer, G.C.; Tolson, P.J. (2021). "Chilabothrus monensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T7823A18979328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T7823A18979328.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Species Chilabothrus monensis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Carlson, Suzanne (May 7, 2019). "Epstein building compound on Great St. James". The Virgin Islands Daily News. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
- ^ "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
- ^ 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).
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