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Boa

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Boa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Boa constrictor.

It was assigned to Boinae by Head (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Boa Linnaeus p. 214
1963Pseudoepicrates Auffenberg
1984Pseudoepicrates Rage p. 20
1988Pseudopicrates Carroll
2005Boa Head

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
subfamilyBoinaeGray 1825
genusBoa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Boa Linnaeus 1758
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†Boa blanchardensis Bochaton and Bailon 2018
Boa constrictor Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Pseudoepicrates stanolseni Vanzolini 1952 [synonym]
Invalid names: Pseudoepicrates Auffenberg 1963 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Grouping: solitarysuperf
Environment: freshwater, terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialsubf
Diet: carnivoresubf
Created: 2005-09-23 12:54:43
Modified: 2005-09-23 14:54:43
Source: subf = subfamily, superf = superfamily, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Greene 1997, Behler and King 1979, Kiessling 2004, Head 2005

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.03000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) B. sp. (13779)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Florida) Neurodromicus stanolseni, Neurodromicus barbouri (18597)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) B. sp. (198863)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Venezuela (Monagas) B. constrictor (147081)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Corrientes) B. constrictor (106304)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) B. constrictor (211821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guadeloupe B. blanchardensis (195154 195155 195156)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda B. constrictor (94616)