Pseudoboa

Pseudoboa coronata

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 (6): P. coronata – P. haasi – P. martinsi – P. neuwiedii – P. nigra – P. serrana

Name

Pseudoboa Schneider, 1801: 281

• Type species: Pseudoboa coronata Schneider, 1801, by subsequent designation by Stejneger (1902: 188).

Synonyms

• Olisthenes Cope, 1860: 296 [synonymized by Cope (1860: 260)]
  • Type species: Olisthenes euphaeus Cope, 1860, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Schneider, J.G. 1801. Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae. Fasciculus secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas, Pseudoboas, Elapes, Angues, Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Friederici Frommanni: Jenae. 364 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Stejneger, L. 1902. An annotated list of batrachians and reptiles collected in the vicinity of La Guaira, Venezuela, with descriptions of two new species of snakes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 24: 179–192. BHL

Additional references

• Morato, S.A.A., Moura-Leite, J.C., Prudente, A.L.C. & Bérnils, R.S. 1995. A new species of Pseudoboa Schneider, 1801 from southeastern Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontinae: Pseudoboini). Biociências 3(2): 253–264. Reference page. 
• Zaher, H., Oliveira, M.E. & Franco, F.L. 2008. A new, brightly colored species of Pseudoboa Schneider, 1801 from the Amazon Basin (Serpentes, Xenodontinae). Zootaxa 1674: 27–37. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

Links

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

Vernacular names

English: False Boas

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