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Chilabothrus gracilis

Species of snake

Summary

Species of snake

Boulenger, 1893

Chilabothrus gracilis is a species of nonvenomous snake in the Boidae family. It is endemic to Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

Description

Adults may attain a total length of 89.5 cm, which includes a tail 16.5 cm long.

Dorsally it is blackish gray, with small black spots, which are arranged in six series running down the body. Ventrally it is lighter in color.

The smooth dorsal scales are arranged in 40 rows. Ventrals 282–289; anal plate entire; subcaudals 100-103 also entire.

The body is slender and strongly laterally compressed. Upper labials 11 or 12, the sixth and seventh (or fifth and sixth) entering the eye.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:

  • Chilabothrus gracilis gracilis (J.G. Fischer, 1888)
  • Chilabothrus gracilis hapalus Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974

References

References

  1. Henderson, R.W., Inchaustegui, S. & Landestoy, M. 2021. Chilabothrus gracilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T15155194A15155225. Downloaded on 04 September 2021.
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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  4. [[George Albert Boulenger. Boulenger, G.A.]] 1893. ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Boidæ...'' Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I.-XXVIII. (''Epicrates gracilis'', p. 98.)
  5. 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 gracilis'', p. 184.)
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