Chilabothrus granti (STULL, 1933)
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Chilabothrus granti
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| Higher Taxa | Boidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Virgin Islands boa G: Virgin Islands-Schlankboa |
| Synonym | Epicrates inornatus granti STULL 1933: 1 Epicrates monensis granti — SHEPLAN & SCHWARTZ 1974: 102 Epicrates monensis granti — MAYER & LAZELL 1988 Epicrates granti — PLATENBERG & HARVEY 2010 Chilabothrus granti — RODRÍGUEZ-ROBLES et al. 2015 Chilabothrus granti — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 12 |
| Distribution | Puerto Rico, British Virgin Islands (Great Camanoe, Guana, Necker, St Thomas, Tortola & Virgin Gorda), Virgin Islands (US): Culebra, St. Thomas, Tortola, Cayo Diablo Type locality: Tortola Island |
| Reproduction | viviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 33947, adult male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: This form may be distinguished from the most closely related forms as follows: from E. i. inornatus by the higher number of scale rows (48 instead of 41-43), the higher number of supralabials (14 as compared with 11-12) and infralabials (16 as compared with 11-14), the more distinct dorsal spots, and the grey rather than brown ground color (in life E. i. inornatus is a decidedly brown snake, while E. i. granti is distinctly greyish); from E. i. fordii by the higher number of scale rows (48 instead of 33-37) and the higher number of ventral scutes (269 as compared with 243-259). (Stull 1933) |
| Comment | Abundance: This is the most common snake in the British Virgin Islands. |
| Etymology | Named after Major Chapman Grant (1887-1983), a grandson of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the USA. He worked at the Children's Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and participated in expeditions of the San Diego Museum of Natural History and the University of Illinois (1950S). He started the journal Herpetologica (1932) and co-founded the Herpetologists' League (1936). |
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