Epicrates striatus

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

Head

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 11, 2010.
2. 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 striatus, pp. 185-186).

Further reading

• Fischer JG. 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 BR, Schwartz A. 1974. "Hispaniolan Boas of the genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) and their Antillean relationships". Annals of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 45: 57-143.