Chilabothrus granti

(Stull, 1933)

Vernacular names
English : Virgin Islands boa
French : Boa des Iles Vierges

Classification
Class : Reptilia
Order : Squamata
Family : Boidae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
Adults can reach up to 70 cm in length. Slender body, long head with big eyes. Ground coloration is grey to dull light brown. Big light grey-brown irregular blotches edged with dark brown or black on back and flanks.

Range and habitat
This species occurs in the Caribbean archipelago, on Puerto Rico, American and British Virgin Islands. It lives in grasslands and woodlands.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : ENDANGERED
CITES : Appendix I
Status : The species is endangered and alarmingly declining because of high rate of habitat destruction in most of its range. It is now strictly protected.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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