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species

Boa Constrictor
Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » order Squamata - lizards and snakes » family Boidae - boas and pythons

Scientific synonyms

Constrictor auspex Laurenti, 1768
Constrictor constrictor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Constrictor constrictor constrictor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Constrictor diviniloquus Laurenti, 1768
Constrictor formosissimus Laurenti, 1768
Constrictor rex serpentum Laurenti, 1768
Boa constrictrix Schneider, 1801 (unjustified emendation) ^uem

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Boa constrictor constrictor - Boa Constrictor

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 10

subspecies Boa constrictor amarali (Stull, 1932) - Amaral's Boa

subspecies Boa constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 - Boa Constrictor

Boa constrictor constrictor - Boa Constrictor

subspecies Boa constrictor imperator Daudin, 1803 - Hog Island Boa

Boa constrictor imperator - Hog Island Boa

subspecies Boa constrictor longicauda Price & Russo, 1991 - Tumbes Peru Boa

subspecies Boa constrictor melanogaster Langhammer, 1983 - Ecuadorian Boa

subspecies Boa constrictor nebulosa (Lazell, 1964) - Dominican Clouded Boa

subspecies Boa constrictor occidentalis Philippi, 1873 - Argentine Boa

subspecies Boa constrictor orophias Linnaeus, 1758 - St. Lucia Boa

subspecies Boa constrictor ortonii Cope, 1878 - Orton's Boa

subspecies Boa constrictor sabogae (Barbour, 1906) - Pearl Island Boa

Links and literature

Reptile Database - Search [genus=Boa&species=constrictor]
Reptile Database - Search [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/]

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