Pseudoboa neuwiedii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
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: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Pseudoboa
Species: Pseudoboa neuwiedii

Name

Pseudoboa neuwiedii (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854)

Lectotype: MNHN 3779. [designated by Hoge & Lancini (1960: 59)]

Type locality: “Côte Ferme” and “Brésil”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Cumaná y sus alrededores”, Venezuela, by Hoge & Lancini (1960: 61).

Combinations

Scytale neuwiedii Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 1001 [original combination]
Pseudoboa neuwiedii — Cope, 1860: 260 [subsequent combination]
Oxyrhopus neuwiedii — Boulenger, 1896: 112 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

Olisthenes euphaeus Cope, 1860: 296 [synonymized by Cope (1860: 260)]

Holotype: [?]

Type locality: “Probably South America.”

Rhinocheilus thominotii Bocourt, 1887: 45 [synonymized by Klauber (1941: 292)]

Holotype: MNHN 6615.

Type locality: “Venezuela.”

Pseudoboa robinsoni Stejneger, 1902: 190 [synonymized by Amaral (1926: 27)]

Holotype: USNM 22532.

Type locality: “La Guaira, Venezuela.”

References

Primary references

Duméril, A.M.C., Bibron, G. & Duméril, A.H.M. 1854. Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles. Tome septième. Deuxième partie, comprenant l'histoire des serpents venimeux. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. i–xii + 781–1536. BHL
Cope, E.D. [1859] 1860. Notes and descriptions of foreign reptiles. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 294–297. BHL Reference page.
Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 241–266. BHL Reference page.
Bocourt, M.-F. & Dugès, A. 1887. Sur les Ophidiens de la famille des Coronellidae, provenant de l'Amérique intertropicale. Le Naturaliste Series 2, 1: 45–46. BHL
Boulenger, G.A. 1896. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III, containing the Colubridae (Opisthoglyphae and Proteroglyphae), Amblycephalidae, and Viperidae. British Museum (Natural History): London. xiv + 727 pp. BHL
Amaral, A. do 1926. Notas de ophiologia. I. Sobre a invalidez de um genero e algumas especies de ophidios Sul-Americanos. Revista do Museu Paulista 14: 17–33.
Klauber, L.M. 1941. The long-nosed snakes of the genus Rhinocheilus. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 9(29): 289–332. BHL
Hoge, A.R. & Lancini, A.R. 1960. Notas sobre la ubicación de la tierra típica de varias especies de "serpentes" colectadas por M. Beauperthuis en la "Côte Ferme" y en la "Provluce de Vénézuéla". Boletín del Museo de Ciencias Naturales 6–7: 58–62.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pseudoboa neuwiedii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 May 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Neuwied's False Boa
español: Candelilla

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