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Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Boidae
genus
Boa
species
Boa constrictor

Name

Synonyms
Boa constrictor amarali Stull, 1932
Boa constrictor melanogaster Langhammer, 1983
Boa constrictrix Schneider
Boa occidentalis Philippi, 1873
Boa ortonii Cope, 1878
Constrictor auspex Laurenti, 1768
Constrictor constrictor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Constrictor constrictor amarali Stull, 1932
Constrictor constrictor occidentalis Ihering, 1911
Constrictor diviniloquus Laurenti, 1768
Constrictor formosissimus Laurenti, 1768
Constrictor rex serpentum Laurenti, 1768
Neurodromicus barbouri Vanzolini, 1952
Neurodromicus stanolseni (Vanzolini, 1952)
Pseudoepicrates stanolseni (Vanzolini, 1952)
Homonyms
Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Abgottschlange in German
Anaconda in Portuguese
Anery in language.
Arabesque in language.
Argentine Boa Constrictor [occidentalis] in English
Avalanche in language.
Blizzard in language.
Blood in language.
Boa Constrictor in English
Boa constrictor in Spanish
Boiuçu in Portuguese
Camel in language.
Cobra-de-Veado in Portuguese
Coral Albino in language.
Ctaia in Portuguese
Dominican Boa Constrictor [pnebulosa] in English
Fire in language.
Ghost in language.
Hytec in language.
IMG in language.
Inca in language.
Jauacanga in Portuguese
Jiboia in Portuguese
Jiboia-Branca in Portuguese
Jiboia-Cinzenta in Portuguese
Jiboia-da-Cauda-Vermelha in Portuguese
Jiboia-do-Cerrado in Portuguese
Jungle in language.
Kuong-Kuong in Portuguese
Leopard in language.
Leucistic in language.
Long-Tailed Boa Constrictor [longicauda] in English
Marron in language.
Moonglow in language.
Motley in language.
Onyx in language.
Orton’s Boa Constrictor [ortonii] in English
Paradigm in language.
Paradigm in language.
Pearl in language.
Pewter in language.
Pink in language.
Prodigy in language.
Red-Tailed Boa Constrictor [constrictor] in English
Roswell in language.
Salamanta-Boi in Portuguese
Salmon in language.
Short-Tailed Boa [amarali] in English
Snow in language.
Squaretail in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1045 Boa Linnaeus, 1758 (Reptilia: Serpentes): placed on the Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32, 218-221 (1976)
  3. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  4. Matthieu Bufkens
  5. McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999: null. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. xi + 511.
  6. Meneses-Pelayo, E. (2018). Guía de campo para los reptiles y anfibios de Santander, Colombia. Disponible en http://www.santanderherps.com
  7. Pyron, R. Alexander, R. Graham Reynolds, and Frank T. Burbrink, 2014: A Taxonomic Revision of Boas (Serpentes: Boidae). Zootaxa, vol. 3846, no. 2. 249-260.
  8. Reynolds, R. Graham, Matthew L. Niemiller, and Liam J. Revell, 2014: Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 71. 201-213.
  9. Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
  10. https://www.hln.be/in-de-buurt/dentergem/man-ontdekt-boa-constrictor-in-zijn-dakgoot-slang-blijkt-ontsnapt-bij-de-buren~a13151f6/
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