Epicrates monensis
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E. monensis
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| Epicrates monensis Zenneck, 1898
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Epicrates monensis, known commonly as the Mona boa, is a species of snake in the Boidae family.[3] It is endemic to the West Indies.
Geographic range
Epicrates monensis is found in the West Indies, 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.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized, including the nominotypical subspecies.
The subspecific name, granti, is in honor of American herpetologist Chapman Grant.[5]
References
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- ↑ "Chilabothrus monensis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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- ↑ 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, p. 185).
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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).
Further reading
- Zenneck J. 1898. "Die Zeichnung der Boiden ". Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 64: 1-384. (Epicrates monensis, new species, pp. 64–66). (in German).
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