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Chilabothrus strigilatus (COPE, 1862)

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Higher TaxaBoidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesChilabothrus strigilatus ailurus SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974
Chilabothrus strigilatus fosteri BARBOUR 1941
Chilabothrus strigilatus fowleri SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974
Chilabothrus strigilatus mccraniei SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974
Chilabothrus strigilatus strigilatus (COPE 1863) 
Common NamesE: Bahamian Boa; strigilatus: Bahamian boa; ailurus: Cat Island boa; fosteri: Bimini boa; fowleri: Andros boa; maccraniei: Ragged Island boa
G: Bahama-Boa 
SynonymHomalochilus strigilatus COPE 1862: 71
Epicrates versicolor STEINDACHNER 1863
Homalochilus strigilatus — GARMAN 1887: 279
Homalochilus strigilatus — BOULENGER 1893: 96
Epicrates strigilatus — BARBOUR 1904: 59
Epicrates striatus strigilatus — STULL 1935
Epicrates striatus strigilatus — SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974: 77
Chilabothrus strigilatus — REYNOLDS et al. 2013
Chilabothrus strigilatus — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 14

Epicrates strigilatus ailurus SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974
Epicrates striatus ailurus SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974: 81
Epicrates striatus ailurus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chilabothrus strigilatus ailurus — REYNOLDS et al. 2013
Chilabothrus strigilatus ailurus — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 15

Epicrates strigilatus fosteri BARBOUR 1941
Epicrates striatus fosteri BARBOUR 1941
Epicrates striatus fosteri — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chilabothrus strigilatus cf. fosteri— REYNOLDS et al. 2013
Chilabothrus strigilatus fosteri — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 15

Epicrates strigilatus fowleri SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974
Epicrates striatus fowleri SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974
Epicrates striatus fowleri — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chilabothrus strigilatus fowleri — REYNOLDS et al. 2013
Chilabothrus strigilatus fowleri — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 15

Epicrates strigilatus mccraniei SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974
Epicrates striatus mccraniei SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974
Epicrates striatus mccraniei — KLUGE 1984: 56
Epicrates striatus mccraniei — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chilabothrus strigilatus mccraniei — REYNOLDS et al. 2013
Chilabothrus strigilatus mccraniei — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 15 
DistributionBahamas

ailurus: Bahama Is.: Alligator Cay and Cat Island; Type locality: Alligator Cay, Bennett's Harbour, Cat Island, Bahama Islands.

fosteri: Bahamas: Bimini Island; Type locality: North Bimini Island, Bahama Islands.

fowleri: Bahama Is.: Andros Island, Berry Island; Type locality: Fresh Creek, Andros Island, Bahama Islands.

mccraniei: Bahama Is.; Type locality: Ragged Island, Margaret Cay.

strigilatus: Bahama Is.: New Providence I. including Rose I., Eleuthera I., Long I., Exuma Cays, Andros (fide GARMN 1887); Type locality: New Providence Island, Bahama Islands.  
Reproductionviviparous (manual imputation, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesSyntypes: ANSP 10237, ANSP 10239
Holotype: AMNH 77015 [ailurus]
Holotype: MCZ 46054 [fosteri]
Holotype: MCZ 125605 [fowleri]
Holotype: UMMZ 118033 [mccraniei]
Holotype: NMV 18930 [versicolor] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (9137 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Cochran, 1941; Mehrtens, 1987; Tolson, 1987.

Synonymy: Mostly after SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988. This species has been considered as a synonym of Epicrates striatus (e.g. by WALLACH et al. 2014: 274).

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
References
  • Barbour, T. 1904. Batrachia and Reptilia from the Bahamas. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 46: 55—61 - get paper here
  • Barbour, Thomas 1941. A new boa from the Bahamas. Proc. New England zool. Club 18: 61-65
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here
  • Garman, S. 1887. On West Indian reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 24: 278-286. - get paper here
  • 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
  • Hoefer, Sebastian; Nathan Jack Robinson, Theodora Pinou 2021. Size matters: Sexual dimorphism in the pelvic spurs of the Bahamian Boa (Chilabothrus strigilatus strigilatus). Herpetology Notes 14: 201-203
  • Jan, G. 1864. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 6. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Mehrtens, J.M. 1987. Living snakes of the world in color. Sterling Publ. Co., hic., New York, NY: 480 pp.
  • Powell, R. & Incháustegui, S.J. 2009. Conservation of the herpetofauna of the Dominican Republic. Applied Herpetology 6: 103–122 - get paper here
  • Reynolds, R. G. and A. R. Puente-Rólon 2016. Geographic Distribution: Chilabothrus strigilatus (Bahamas Boa). Herpetological Review 47(3): 425. - get paper here
  • Reynolds, R. Graham and Robert W. Henderson 2018. Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidae): A Checklist With Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Sep 2018, Vol. 162, No. 1: 1-58. - get paper here
  • Reynolds, R. Graham; Alberto R. Puente-Rolón, Anthony J. Geneva, Kevin J. Aviles-Rodriguez, and Nicholas C. Herrmann 2016. Discovery of a Remarkable New Boa from the Conception Island Bank, Bahamas. Breviora 549 (1): 1-19 - get paper here
  • Reynolds, R.G.; Matthew L. Niemiller; S. Blair Hedges; Alex Dornburg; Alberto R. Puente-Rolón; Liam J. Revell 2013. Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of West Indian boid snakes (Chilabothrus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here
  • REYNOLDS, ROBERT GRAHAM; ROBERT W. HENDERSON, LUIS M. DÍAZ, TOMÁS M. RODRÍGUEZ-CABRERA AND ALBERTO R. PUENTE-ROLÓN 2023. Boas of the West Indies Comstock Publishing / Cornell U Press - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1988. West Indian Amphibian and Reptiles: A Checklist. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. Contr. Biol. Geol. No. 74: 264 pp. - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Sheplan, B.R., and Schwartz, A. 1974. Hispaniolan boas of the genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) and their Antillean relationships. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 45:57-143.
  • Tolson, P.J. 1987. Phylogenetics of the boid snake genus Epicrates and Caribbean vicariance theory. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (715): 1-68. - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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