Chilabothrus striatus (FISCHER, 1856)
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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. |
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] |
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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). |
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