Mona Island boa

Mona Island boa
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	Chilabothrus
Species:	C. monensis
Binomial name
Chilabothrus monensis (Zenneck, 1898)
Synonyms
Epicrates monensis Zenneck, 1898 Epicrates gracilis monensis — Stimson, 1969 Epicrates monensis — Schwartz & Henderson, 1991 Chilabothrus monensis — Reynolds et al., 2013 Epicrates monensis — Wallach et al., 2014 [3]

Chilabothrus monensis, also called commonly the Virgin Islands boa in the Virgin Islands,^[4] and the Mona Island boa elsewhere, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.^[5] The species is native to the West Indies. There are no subspecies.

1. ^ Rodriguez, C.; Mayer, G.C.; Tolson, P.J. (2021). "Chilabothrus monensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T7823A18979328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T7823A18979328.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. ^ Species Chilabothrus monensis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
4. ^ Carlson, Suzanne (May 7, 2019). "Epstein building compound on Great St. James". The Virgin Islands Daily News. Retrieved 2019-07-13.
5. ^ "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
6. ^ 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).

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