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Chilabothrus schwartzi (BUDEN, 1975)

IUCN Red List - Chilabothrus schwartzi - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaBoidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Crooked-Aklins Boa, Crooked Acklins boa 
SynonymEpicrates chrysogaster schwartzi BUDEN 1975
Epicrates chrysogaster schwartzi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1988
Chilabothrus schwartzi — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 13
Chilabothrus schwartzi — REYNOLDS et al. 2023 
DistributionBahama Is.: Acklins I., Crooked I.

Type locality: Delectable Bay, Acklin's Island, Bahama Islands.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: LSUM 27500, young adult female 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Albert Schwartz (1923-1992), American biologist and entomologist. Schwartz was Professor of Biology, Miami-Dade Community College (Forida). See Henderson 1993 for biographical notes. 
References
  • Buden, D.W. 1975. Notes on Epicrates chrysogaster (Serpentes: Boidae) of the southem Bahamas, with the description of a new subspecies. Herpetologica 31 (2):167-177. - get paper here
  • Henderson, Robert W. 1993. Albert Schwartz (1923-1992): A memoriam. Herpetological Natural History 1 (2): 95-97
  • 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; Joseph P. Burgess and Brian O. Baker 2018. Rediscovery and a Redescription of the Crooked-Acklins Boa, Chilabothrus schwartzi (Buden, 1975), Comb. Nov. Breviora 558: 1-16 - 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
 
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