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Chilabothrus argentum REYNOLDS, PUENTE-ROLÓN, GENEVA, AVILES-RODRIGUEZ & HERRMANN, 2016

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Higher TaxaBoidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Conception Bank Boa, Conception Bank Silver Boa 
SynonymChilabothrus argentum REYNOLDS, PUENTE-ROLÓN, GENEVA, AVILES-RODRIGUEZ & HERRMANN 2016
Chilabothrus argentum — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 9 
DistributionBahamas (Conception Island Bank)

Type locality: Conception Island Bank, Bahamas (not explicitly given)  
Reproductionovovivparous (predicted, based on related species) 
TypesHolotype: MCZ R-193527. An adult female obtained 21 October 2015. Found at night climbing 1.5 m high in a B. simaruba tree. Specimen measurements are listed in Table 1 in Reynolds et al. 2016. Specimen squamation on the right side is as follows: 278 ventrals, 83 subcaudals, 14 supralabials, 1 loreal, 1 preocular, 1 suborbital, 4 postoculars, and 2 supraoculars. Paratype. MCZ R-193528. An adult male, obtained 21 October 2015. Found at night moving horizontally 2 m high on a B. simaruba branch. Specimen measurements are listed in Table 1. Specimen squamation on the right side is as follows: 278 ventrals, 83 subcaudals, 13 supralabials, 1 loreal, 1 preocular, 1 suborbital, 4 postoculars, and 1 supraocular. Preocular and sixth supralabial scales on the left side of the head are malformed, as is the fifth supralabial on the right side of the head. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1792 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentHabitat: This species is apparently largely arboreal, and has been found in Coco- thrinax argentata and B. simaruba. 
EtymologyThe species name, argentum, is the nominative Latin word for silver, referencing the silver coloration of the first specimen encountered in July 2015 as well as its location in a silver palm (Cocothrinax argentata) when encountered. 
References
  • Kwet, Axel 2016. Eine neue Schlankboa von den Bahamas: die Conception-Silberboa (Chilabothrus argentum). Terraria-Elaphe 2016 (6): 50 - 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. 2022. Natural History and Morphometrics of the Newly Discovered and Critically Endangered Conception Bank Silver Boa (Chilabothrus argentum; Squamata; Boidae). Caribbean Naturalist 88: 1–20. - 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, 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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