Boa constrictor

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Boa
Species: B. constrictor
Subspecies: B. c. constrictor – B. c. longicauda – B. c. occidentalis – B. c. ortonii

Name

Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758: 215 [conserved name]

Syntypes: NRM 10 and 20001.
Type locality: “Indiis”.
Placed on the Official List of 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.
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

Wallach, V., Williams, K.L. & Boundy, J. 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 1237 pp. ISBN 9781138034006 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.
Boundy, J. 2021. Snakes of the World: A Supplement. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group: Boca Raton, Florida. 273 pp. ISBN 9781138618138 ebook Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Boa constrictor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 May 2023.
Arzamendia, V., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Fitzgerald, L., Flores-Villela, O., Gagliardi, G., Giraudo, A., Ines Hladki, A., Köhler, G., Lee, J., Nogueira, C. de C., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Scrocchi, G., Urbina, N., Williams, J., Wilson, L.D. & Murphy, J. 2021. IUCN: Boa constrictor (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T197462A2486405. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T197462A2486405.en. Accessed on 03 May 2023.

Vernacular names

български: Боа констриктор
བོད་ཡིག: སྦུལ་ཆེན།
brezhoneg: Boa
català: Boa constrictora
čeština: Hroznýš královský
dansk: Kongeboa
Deutsch: Abgottschlange
español: Boa constrictora
euskara: Boa hertsatzaile
suomi: Kuningasboa
français: Boa devin
galego: Boa constritora
עברית: נָחָשׁ בָּרִיחַ
hrvatski: Kraljevski udav
magyar: Közönséges óriáskígyó
italiano: Boa constrictor
日本語: ボアコンストリクター
ქართული: ჩვეულებრივი მახრჩობელა
한국어: 보아 (동물)
lietuvių: Paprastasis smauglys
македонски: Змиски цар
Mirandés: Giboia
မြန်မာဘာသာ: စပါးကြီးမြွေ
Nederlands: Wurgslang
norsk: Kongeboa
polski: Boa dusiciel
português: Jiboia-constritora
Runa Simi: Illawi
русский: Обыкновенный удав
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Kraljevska boa
slovenčina: Veľhad kráľovský
slovenščina: Navadni udav
Sranantongo: Daguwesneki
svenska: Kungsboa
українська: Удав справжній
中文: 紅尾蚺

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