Epicrates monensis

Epicrates monensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Subfamily:	Boinae
Genus:	Epicrates
Species:	E. monensis
Binomial name
Epicrates 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 [2]

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.

• Epicrates monensis granti Stull, 1933
• Epicrates monensis monensis Zenneck, 1898^[4]

The subspecific name, granti, is in honor of American herpetologist Chapman Grant.^[5]

References

1. Mayer GC, Tolson PJ. (2011). "Epicrates monensis ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 August 2012.
2. "Chilabothrus monensis ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
4. 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).
5. 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).