illustration by G.H. Ford, for whom the species is named
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Serpentes
Family:
Boidae
Genus:
Chilabothrus
Species:
C. fordii
Binomial name
Chilabothrus fordii
(Günther, 1861)
Synonyms[2][3][4]
Pelophilus fordii Günther, 1861
Chilabothrus fordii — Jan, 1865
Chilabothrus maculatus J.G. Fischer, 1888
Epicrates fordii — Boulenger, 1893
Epicrates fordi [sic] — Schwartz & Thomas, 1975
Chilabothrus fordii — Reynolds et al., 2013
Chilabothrus fordii, also known commonly as Ford's boa[4] and the Haitian ground boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.[5] There are three recognized subspecies.
^Landestoy M, Inchaustegui S, Henderson RW (2021). "Chilabothrus fordii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T15155091A15155181.en. Accessed on 10 April 2023.
^Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I.- XXVIII. (Epicrates fordii, p. 98).
^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 fordi [sic]", p. 184).
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^ The species is endemic to Hispaniola."Epicrates ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
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