Saint Vincent blacksnake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Chironius
Species:
C. vincenti
Binomial name
Chironius vincenti
(Boulenger, 1891)
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

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

The specific name, vincenti, refers to the island of Saint Vincent.[4]

Description

C. vincenti can grow to lengths in excess of a meter (40 inches). It is slate black, with a paler mouth and ventral surface.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. vincenti is forest, at elevations of 275–600 m (902–1,969 ft).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ Species Chironius vincenti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ↑ 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

  • 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.



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