| Higher Taxa | Boidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | Chilabothrus striatus striatus (FISCHER 1856)
Chilabothrus striatus exagistus (SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974)
Chilabothrus striatus warreni (SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974) |
| Common Names | E: Hispaniolan Boa, Haitian Boa; exagistus: Tiburon boa; warreni: Île de la Tortue boa
G: Haiti-Boa |
| Synonym | Homalochilus striatus FISCHER 1856: 102
Homalochilus striatus — JAN 1864
Homalochilus striatus — GARMAN 1887: 279
Epicrates striatus — BOULENGER 1893: 96
Epicrates striatus — GORMAN & GRESS 1970
Epicrates striatus striatus — SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974: 66
Epicrates striatus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 609
Epicrates striatus — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 198
Chilabothrus striatus — REYNOLDS et al. 2013
Epicrates striatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 274
Chilabothrus striatus striatus — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 14
Chilabothrus striatus exagistus SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974
Epicrates striatus exagistus SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974: 72
Epicrates striatus exagistus — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chilabothrus striatus exagistus — REYNOLDS et al. 2013
Chilabothrus striatus exagistus — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 14
Chilabothrus striatus warreni SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974
Epicrates striatus warreni SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974: 74
Epicrates striatus warreni — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chilabothrus striatus warreni — REYNOLDS et al. 2013
Chilabothrus striatus warreni — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 14 |
| Distribution | Hispaniola
striatus: Hispaniola; Île de la Gonâve; Isla Saona; intergrades with E. s. exagistus. Type locality: Santo Domingo and St. Thomas; restricted by Sheplan and Schwartz, 1974, to the city of Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, República Dominicana.
exagistus: Hispaniola: Haiti, distal portion of the Tiburon Peninsula, east to Les Basses, but presumably occurring further east. Type locality: Camp Perrin, Departement du Sud, Haiti.
warreni: Île de la Tortue; Type locality: Vicinity of Palmiste, lIe de la Tortue, Haiti.
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| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Lectotype: ZMH R20190, other syntype lost (J. Hallermann, pers. comm. 10 Nov 2023)
Holotype: MCZ 125603, adult female [exagistus]
Holotype: MCZ 125604, adult female [warreni] |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3386 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Illustrations: see Cochran, 1941; Mehrtens, 1987; Tolson, 1987.
Synonymy: many subspecies previously assigned to Epicrates striatus are now assigned to Chilabothrus strigilatus.
Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin stria = groove or furrow, often for stripe or line, even though this species does not have longitudinal stripes. |
| References |
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- Barbour, Thomas 1941. A new boa from the Bahamas. Proc. New England zool. Club 18: 61-65
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- Cochran, D.M. 1941. The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 177: vii + 398 pp. - get paper here
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- 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
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