Boa

Boa

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: Boinae
Genus: Boa
Species (4): B. constrictor – B. imperator – B. nebulosa – B. orophias

Name

Boa Linnaeus, 1758: 214 [conserved name ]

Type species: Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Fitzinger (1843: 24).
Gender: feminine.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1045 (1976: 218).

Synonyms

Constrictor laurenti, 1768: 106 [suppressed name]
- Type species: Constrictor formosissimus Laurenti, 1768, by subsequent designation by Forcart (1951: 198).
- Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1045 (1976: 218).

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page.
Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.
Forcart, L. 1951. Nomenclature remarks on some generic names of the snake family Boidae. Herpetologica 7(4): 197–199. JSTOR
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1976. Opinion 1045. Boa Linnaeus, 1758 (Reptilia: Serpentes): placed on the Official List. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32(4): 218–221. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2009. Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. University Press of Florida: Gainesville, Florida. 495 pp. ISBN 9780813033945 Reference page.
Hynková, I., Starostová, Z. & Frynta, D. 2009. Mitochondrial DNA Variation Reveals Recent Evolutionary History of Main Boa constrictor Clades. Zoological Science 26(9): 623–631. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.26.623 Reference page.
Reynolds, R.G., Niemiller, M.L. & Revell, L.J. 2014. Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 71: 201–213. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011 Reference page.
Card, D.C., Schield, D.R., Adams, R.H., Corbin, A.B., Perry, B.W., Andrew, A.L., Pasquesi, G.I.M., Smith, E.N., Jezkova, T., Boback, S.M., Booth, W. & Castoe, T.A. 2016. Phylogeographic and population genetic analyses reveal multiple species of Boa and independent origins of insular dwarfism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102: 104–116. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.034 Reference page.
Reynolds, R.G. & Henderson, R.W. 2018. Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidea): A Checklist With Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162(1): 1–59. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ48.1 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Boa . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 26 August 2020.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Abgottschlange
English: Red-tailed Boas
español: Boas
magyar: Boa
日本語: ボア属
ဘာသာ မန်: ကၠန်
Nederlands: Afgodslang
português do Brasil: Jibóias

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