Acrantophis madagascariensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Sanziniinae
Genus: Acrantophis
Species: Acrantophis madagascariensis

Name

Syntypes (3): MNHN -RA-0.3133, MNHN -RA-0.7275, and MNHN -RA-0.8636, collected by C.A.C.J. Bernier between 1831–1834.

Type locality: “íle de Madagascar”.

Combinations

  • Pelophilus madagascariensis Duméril & Bibron, 1844: 524 [original combination]
  • Boa madagascariensis — Boulenger, 1893: 120 [subsequent combination]
  • Acrantophis madagascariensis — Stull, 1935 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

  • Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1844. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Sixième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. XII + 610 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Nördliche Madagaskarboa
English: Malagasy Ground Boa
polski: Boa madagaskarski
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