Chilabothrus

Chilabothrus,^[1] commonly known as the Greater Antillean boas or West Indian boas,^{[citation needed]} is a genus of nonvenomous snakes the family Boidae. The genus is endemic to the West Indies. 12^[1] or 14^[2][3] species are recognized as being valid.

Chilabothrus
Cuban boa, C. angulifer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Subfamily:	Boinae
Genus:	Chilabothrus Duméril & Bibron, 1844

Distribution

Species of Chilabothrus are found throughout the West Indies, from the Lucayan Archipelago to the Virgin Islands and all four of the Greater Antilles.^[3][4]

Species

Species[1]	Taxon author[1]	Subsp.*[1]	Common name(s)	Geographic range[4]	Image
C. ampelophis	Landestoy, Reynolds & Henderson, 2021	0	n/a	Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic)[5]
C. angulifer	(Cocteau & Bibron, 1840)	0	Cuban boa[1]	Cuba and the adjacent islands (including Isla de la Juventud, the Archipiélago de los Canarreos in Cayo Cantiles, the Archipiélago de los Colorados off the northern coast of Pinar del Río, and the Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey on Cayo Guajaba and Cayo Sant María), as well as the Bahamas.
C. argentum	Reynolds, Puente-Rolón, Geneva, Aviles-Rodriguez & Herrmann, 2016	0	Conception Bank silver boa[6]	Conception Bank, the Bahamas
C. chrysogaster	(Cope, 1871)	1	Turks and Caicos Islands boa	the Lucayan Archipelago, including the Turks and Caicos Islands (on Grand Turk Island, Middle Caicos, North Caicos, Big Ambergris Cay, Little Ambergris Cay and Long Cay) and the Bahamas (on Great Inagua and Sheep Cay)
C. exsul	(Netting & Goin, 1944)	0	Abaco Islands boa	Grand Bahama Island, Great Abaco Island, Elbow Cay and Little Abaco Island, the Bahamas
C. fordii	(Günther, 1861)	2	Ford's boa, Hispaniolan desert boa	Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and the adjacent islands (Île de la Gonâve, Isla Saona and Isla Cabritos on Lake Enriquillo)
C. gracilis	Fischer, 1888	1	Hispaniolan vine boa	Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) north of the Plain of the Cul-de-Sac
C. granti	(Stull, 1933)	0	Virgin Islands boa	the British Virgin Islands (on Great Camanoe, Necker, Tortola and Virgin Gorda), Puerto Rico (on Culebra and Cayo Diablo) and the United States Virgin Islands (on Saint Thomas)[7]
C. inornatus	(Reinhardt, 1843)	0	Puerto Rican boa[1]	Puerto Rico
C. monensis	(Zenneck, 1898)	1	Mona Island boa[1]	Mona Island and Cayo Diablo, Puerto Rico, as well as the United States Virgin Islands (on St. Thomas) and the British Virgin Islands (on Tortola, Great Camanoe, Necker and Virgin Gorda)
C. schwartzi	(Buden, 1975)		Crooked-Acklins boa[1]	Crooked Island and Acklins in the Bahamas
C. striatus	(Fischer, 1856)	3	Hispaniolan boa	Hispaniola (in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and the adjacent islands (Île de la Tortue, Île à Vache, Saona)
C. strigilatus	(Cope, 1863)	4	Bahamian boa[1]	the Bahamas
C. subflavus	(Stejneger, 1901)	0	Jamaican boa[1]	Jamaica (including Goat Island)

• ) Not including the nominate subspecies.

^T) Type species.^[4]

Nota bene: A taxon author in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Chilabothrus.