Boa

Taxonavigation

edit
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 (7): B. atlantica – B. constrictor – B. imperator – B. nebulosa – B. occidentalis – B. orophias – B. sigma

Name

edit

Boa Linnaeus, 1758: 214 [conserved name]

  • Type species: Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Fitzinger (1843: 24).
  • Gender: feminine.
  • Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1045 (1976: 218).

Synonyms

edit
  • Constrictor laurenti, 1768: 106 [suppressed name]
    • Type species: Constrictor formosissimus Laurenti, 1768, by subsequent designation by Forcart (1951: 198).
    • Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1045 (1976: 218).

References

edit

Primary references

edit

Additional references

edit
edit

Vernacular names

edit
العربية: بواء
Deutsch: Abgottschlange
English: Red-tailed Boas
español: Boas
magyar: Boa
日本語: ボア属
ဘာသာမန်: ကၠန်
Nederlands: Afgodslang
português do Brasil: Jibóias
  For more multimedia, look at Boa on Wikimedia Commons.