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Chilabothrus granti

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| image = Usfws-virgin-islands-tree-boa-large.jpg

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Platenberg, R. |author-link=species:Renata J. Platenberg |date=2021 |title=Chilabothrus granti |volume=2021 |page=e.T7829A18979910 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7829/18979910 |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| status2 = LE

| status2_system = ESA

| status2_ref ={{cite web|url=https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/3247|title=Virgin Islands tree boa (Chilabothrus granti)|website=Environmental Conservation Online System|publisher=U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service|access-date=20 January 2025}}

| genus = Chilabothrus

| species = granti

| authority = (Stull, 1933)

| synonyms = *Epicrates inornatus granti
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Chilabothrus granti, also known commonly as the Virgin Islands boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is native to the Caribbean.

Etymology

The specific name, granti, is in honor of American herpetologist Chapman Grant.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Epicrates monensis granti, p. 106).

Geographic range

C. granti is found in Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.{{NRDB species|genus=Chilabothrus|species=granti|accessdate=16 December 2014}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. granti are forest and shrubland at altitudes from sea level to {{cvt|100|m|ft}}, but it has also been found in gardens.

Diet

C. granti preys upon frogs, lizards, and snakes.

Reproduction

C. granti is viviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Platenberg RJ, Harvey DS (2010). "Endangered species and land use conflicts: a case study of the Virgin Islands Boa (Epicrates granti)". Herpetological Conservation and Biology 5: 548–554. (Epicrates granti, new taxonomic status).
  • Rodríguez-Robles JA, Jezkova T, Fujita MK, Tolson PJ, García MA (2015). "Genetic divergence and diversity in the Mona and Virgin Islands Boas, Chilabothrus monensis (Epicrates monensis) (Serpentes: Boidae), West Indian snakes of special conservation concern". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 18: 144–153. (Chilabothrus granti, new combination).
  • Schwartz A, Henderson RW (1991). Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distribution, and Natural History. Gainesville: University of Florida Press. 720 pp. {{ISBN|978-0813010496}}.
  • Schwartz A, Thomas R (1975). A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 216 pp. (Epicrates monensis granti, p. 185).
  • Sheplan BR, Schwartz A (1974). "Hispaniolan boas of the genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) and their Antillean relationships". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 45: 57–143. (Epicrates monensis granti, new combination, pp. 102–104).
  • Stull OG (1933). "Two new subspecies of the family Boidae". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan (267): 1–4. (Epicrates inornatus granti, new subspecies).

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Category:Chilabothrus

Category:Reptiles of Puerto Rico

Category:Reptiles described in 1933

Category:Taxa named by Olive Griffith Stull

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