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Chilabothrus angulifer (COCTEAU & BIBRON, 1840)

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Higher TaxaBoidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cuban Boa
G: Kuba-Schlankboa 
SynonymEpicrates angulifer COCTEAU & BIBRON 1840: 129
Epicrates angulifer — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 560
Epicrates angulifer — BOULENGER 1893: 96
Epicrates angulifer — SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974: 60
Epicrates angulifer — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988: 219
Epicrates angulifer — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 601
Epicrates angulifer — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 194
Epicrates angulifer — GOWER et al. 2012: 61
Chilabothrus angulifer — REYNOLDS et al. 2013
Epicrates angulifer — WALLACH et al. 2014: 272
Chilabothrus angulifer — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 9
Chilabothrus angulifer — CABALLERO et al. 2022 
DistributionCuba, Isla de la Juventud, Archipelago de los Canarreos,
Archipelago de los Colorados, Archipelago de Sabana-Camaguey

Type locality: Cuba.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 3292 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (818 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Schwartz and Henderson, 1985; Mehrtens, 1987; Tolson, 1987.

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
References
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  • Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here
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