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Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
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SPECIES
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Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
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Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Squamata
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family
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Boidae
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genus
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Boa
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species
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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
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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.
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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)
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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>
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Matthieu Bufkens
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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.
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Meneses-Pelayo, E. (2018). Guía de campo para los reptiles y anfibios de Santander, Colombia. Disponible en http://www.santanderherps.com
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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.
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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.
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Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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