Epicrates striatus

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Epicrates striatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Boinae
Genus: Epicrates
Species: E. striatus
Binomial name
Epicrates striatus
(J.G. Fischer, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Homalochilus striatus
    J.G. Fischer, 1856
  • Epicrates striatus
    – Steindachner, 1864

Epicrates striatus, known commonly as the Hispaniolan boa, is a species of snake in the Boidae family.[1] It is endemic to the West Indies.

Geographic range

Epicrates striatus is found in The Bahamas, the Bimini Islands, and on Hispaniola.

Subspecies

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Eight subspecies are recognized including the nominate race.

  • Epicrates striatus striatus (J.G. Fischer, 1856)
  • Epicrates striatus ailurus Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974
  • Epicrates striatus exagistus Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974
  • Epicrates striatus fosteri Barbour, 1941
  • Epicrates striatus fowleri Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974
  • Epicrates striatus mccraniei Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974
  • Epicrates striatus strigilatus (Cope, 1863)
  • Epicrates striatus warreni Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11th, 2010. 
  2. ↑ Schwartz, Albert, and Richard Thomas. 1975. A Check-list of West Indian Amphibians and Reptiles. Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 216 pp. (Epicrates striatus, pp, 185-186.)

Further reading

  • Fischer, Johann Gustav. 1856. Neue Schlangen des Hamburgischen Naturhistorischen Museums. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften Verein in Hamburg 3 (4): 79-116. (Homalochilus striatus, pp. 102-106 + Plate II, Figures 2a & 2b.)
  • Sheplan, B.R., and A. Schwartz. 1974. Hispaniolan Boas of the genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) and their Antillean relationships. Annals of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 45: 57-143.
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