Bothrochilus boa

Bothrochilus boa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Henophidia

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 Infraordo: Henophidia

Familia: Pythonidae
Subfamilia: Pythoninae
Genus: Bothrochilus
Species: Bothrochilus boa

Name

Bothrochilus boa (Schlegel, 1837)

Type locality: Bismarck Archipelago (New Ireland)

Holotype: M.H.N.P. no. 7172

Synonyms

• Tortrix boa Schlegel, 1837: 22
• Nardoa Schlegelii Gray, 1842 (nomen substitutum pro Tortrix boa Schlegel)
• Bothrochilus boa — Fitzinger, 1843: 24
• Nardoa Schlegelii — Duméril & Bibron, 1844: 447
• Nardoa boa — Boulenger, 1893: 76
• Nardoa boa — De Rooij, 1917: 15
• Bothrochilus boa — Stimson, 1969
• Morelia boa — Underwood & Stimson, 1990: 602
• Bothrochilus boa — McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré, 1999: 166
• Liasis boa — Rauh, 2004

References

• Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Générale: xxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptive: 606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum)
• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium, fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel, Wien: 106 pp.
• Bothrochilus boa (Schlegel, 1837) – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Bothrochilus boa at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 Jule 2009.

Vernacular names

English: Bismarck ringed python
polski: Pyton obrączkowany