Saint Vincent blacksnake
| Saint Vincent blacksnake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Chironius |
| Species: | C. vincenti
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| Binomial name | |
| Chironius vincenti (Boulenger, 1891)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
The Saint Vincent blacksnake (Chironius vincenti), also commonly known as the Saint Vincent coachwhip, the San Vincent racer, and Vincent's sipo, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.
Geographic range
[edit]C. vincenti is endemic to Saint Vincent, an island in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles that is part of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, vincenti, refers to the island of Saint Vincent.[4]
Description
[edit]C. vincenti can grow to lengths in excess of a meter (40 inches). It is slate black, with a paler mouth and ventral surface.[citation needed]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of C. vincenti is forest, at elevations of 275–600 m (902–1,969 ft).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Daltry JC, Henderson RW, Powell R (2016). "Chironius vincenti (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T4672A115069815. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T4672A71739530.en. Downloaded on 12 October 2020.
- ^ 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. (Chironius vincenti, p. 180).
- ^ Species Chironius vincenti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Vincent's Sipo Chironius vincenti ", p. 275).
Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger GA (1891). "On Reptiles, Batrachians, and Fishes from the Lesser West Indies". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 351–357. (Herpetodryas carinatus var. vincenti, new variation, p. 355).
- Malhotra, Anita; Thorpe, Roger S. (1999). Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. London: Macmillan Education Ltd. pp. 101, 103. ISBN 0-333-69141-5.
External links
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Data related to Chironius vincenti at Wikispecies.- Chironius vincenti at the Encyclopedia of Life.
- Chironius vincenti at the Reptile Database.
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