Candoia bibroni

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: Candoiinae
Genus: Candoia
Species: Candoia bibroni

Name

Type locality: “l’ile Viti [=Viti Levu]”, Fiji Islands.

Syntypes (5): MNHN -RA-61–61A, MNHN -RA-1313, and MNHN -RA-3276–77, collected by J.B. Hombron & H. Jacquinot between 1837–1840.

Combinations

  • Enygrus bibroni Duméril & Bibron, 1844: 483 [original combination]
  • Candoia bibroniMcDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999: 187 [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

English: Pacific Boa
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