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Boa constrictor

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Boa constrictor was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Boa.

Synonyms
  • Neurodromicus stanolseni was named by Vanzolini (1952). Its type specimen is MCZ 1977, a set of vertebrae (nine vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida. It is the type species of Pseudoepicrates.

    It was recombined as Pseudoepicrates stanolseni by Auffenberg (1963); it was synonymized subjectively with Boa constrictor by Kluge (1988).
  • Neurodromicus barbouri was named by Vanzolini (1952). Its type specimen is MCZ 1978, a set of vertebrae (five vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thomas Farm, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudoepicrates stanolseni by Auffenberg (1963).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Boa constrictor Linnaeus
1952Neurodromicus barbouri Vanzolini p. 455
1952Neurodromicus stanolseni Vanzolini p. 455
1963Pseudoepicrates stanolseni Auffenberg p. 160

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

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.

Boa constrictor Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Pseudoepicrates stanolseni Vanzolini 1952 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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