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Acrantophis (boa)

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Acrantophis was named by Jan (1860) [in Jan and Sordelli]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Boinae by Kluge (1991); and to Boidae by Burney et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Acrantophis Jan
1991Acrantophis Kluge
2008Acrantophis Burney et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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
genusAcrantophisJan 1860

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. Acrantophis Jan 1860 [boa]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available