Mona Island boa

Chilabothrus monensis, also called commonly the Virgin Islands boa in the Virgin Islands,^[4] and the Mona Island boa elsewhere, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.^[5] The species is native to the West Indies. There are no subspecies.

Mona Island boa
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	Chilabothrus
Species:	C. monensis
Binomial name
Chilabothrus 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 [3]

Distribution and habitat

C. monensis is found in the Puerto Rican archipelago, 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.^[6]