Pseudoboa neuwiedii

Pseudoboa neuwiedii

Taxonavigation

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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

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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

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  • Scytale neuwiedii Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854: 1001 [original combination]
  • Pseudoboa neuwiediiCope, 1860: 260 [subsequent combination]
  • Oxyrhopus neuwiediiBoulenger, 1896: 112 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

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  • 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

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Neuwied's False Boa
español: Candelilla
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