Biology:Mona Island boa
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Short description: Species of snake
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Chilabothrus |
| Species: | C. monensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Chilabothrus monensis (Zenneck, 1898)
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Chilabothrus monensis, also called commonly the Virgin Islands boa in the Virgin Islands,[3] and the Mona Island boa elsewhere, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[4] The species is native to the West Indies. There are no subspecies.
Distribution and habitat
C. monensis is found in the Puerto Rican archipelago, around Mona Island and Cayo Diablo near Puerto Rico, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and in the British Virgin Islands: Tortola, Great Camanoe, Necker and Virgin Gorda.[5]
References
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ Species Chilabothrus monensis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Carlson, Suzanne (May 7, 2019). "Epstein building compound on Great St. James" (in en). http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/news/epstein-building-compound-on-great-st-james/article_a49261e9-40f0-57b1-9501-605e26e74cf3.html.
- ↑ "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174329.
- ↑ Schwartz, Albert, Thomas, Richard (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, p. 185).
Wikidata ☰ Q2713983 entry
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