Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

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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. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 pp. (1758).

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Reptilia: order
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

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.
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)
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>
Matthieu Bufkens
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.
Meneses-Pelayo, E. (2018). Guía de campo para los reptiles y anfibios de Santander, Colombia. Disponible en http://www.santanderherps.com
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.
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.
Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
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