Saint Vincent blacksnake explained

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.^[1]

Etymology

The specific name, vincenti, refers to the island of Saint Vincent.^[2]

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–.

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).
• Book: Malhotra. Anita. Thorpe. Roger S.. Reptiles & Amphibians of the Eastern Caribbean. London. Macmillan Education Ltd.. 1999. 0-333-69141-5. 101, 103.

External links

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• Chironius vincenti at the Encyclopedia of Life.
• Chironius vincenti at the Reptile Database.

Notes and References

1. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Vincent's Sipo Chironius vincenti ", p. 275).