Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Squamata
- family
- Boidae
- genus
- Boa
- species
- Boa constrictor
Name
- Synonyms
- Boa constrictor amarali Stull, 1932
- Boa constrictor melanogaster Langhammer, 1983
- Boa constrictrix Schneider
- Boa occidentalis Philippi, 1873
- Boa ortonii Cope, 1878
- Constrictor auspex Laurenti, 1768
- Constrictor constrictor (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Constrictor constrictor amarali Stull, 1932
- Constrictor constrictor occidentalis Ihering, 1911
- Constrictor diviniloquus Laurenti, 1768
- Constrictor formosissimus Laurenti, 1768
- Constrictor rex serpentum Laurenti, 1768
- Neurodromicus barbouri Vanzolini, 1952
- Neurodromicus stanolseni (Vanzolini, 1952)
- Pseudoepicrates stanolseni (Vanzolini, 1952)
- Homonyms
- Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- Abgottschlange in Alemán
- Anaconda in Portugués
- Anery in language.
- Arabesque in language.
- Argentine Boa Constrictor [occidentalis] in Inglés
- Avalanche in language.
- Blizzard in language.
- Blood in language.
- Boa Constrictor in Inglés
- Boa Constrictor in Inglés
- Boa constricteur in Francés
- Boa constricteur (Le), Boa constrictor in Francés
- Boa constrictor in Español
- Boiuçu in Portugués
- Camel in language.
- Cobra-de-Veado in Portugués
- Coral Albino in language.
- Couleuvre terre in language.
- Ctaia in Portugués
- Dagoewesneki, Gadosneki, Papasneki in language.
- Dominican Boa Constrictor [pnebulosa] in Inglés
- Fire in language.
- Ghost in language.
- Hytec in language.
- IMG in language.
- Inca in language.
- Jauacanga in Portugués
- Jiboia in Portugués
- Jiboia, Boiucu in language.
- Jiboia-Branca in Portugués
- Jiboia-Cinzenta in Portugués
- Jiboia-da-Cauda-Vermelha in Portugués
- Jiboia-do-Cerrado in Portugués
- Jungle in language.
- Kuong-Kuong in Portugués
- Leopard in language.
- Leucistic in language.
- Long-Tailed Boa Constrictor [longicauda] in Inglés
- Marron in language.
- Matacaballos in Español
- Moonglow in language.
- Motley in language.
- Ogouu,Sekumi tamunen in language.
- Onyx in language.
- Orton’s Boa Constrictor [ortonii] in Inglés
- Paradigm in language.
- Paradigm in language.
- Pearl in language.
- Pewter in language.
- Pink in language.
Bibliographic References
- Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1045 Boa Linnaeus, 1758 (Reptilia: Serpentes): placed on the Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32, 218-221 (1976)
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
- Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
- Matthieu Bufkens
- McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré, 1999: null. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. xi + 511.
- Meneses-Pelayo, E. (2018). Guía de campo para los reptiles y anfibios de Santander, Colombia. Disponible en http://www.santanderherps.com
- Pyron, R. Alexander, R. Graham Reynolds, and Frank T. Burbrink, 2014: A Taxonomic Revision of Boas (Serpentes: Boidae). Zootaxa, vol. 3846, no. 2. 249-260.
- Reynolds, R. Graham, Matthew L. Niemiller, and Liam J. Revell, 2014: Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 71. 201-213.
- Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.
- https://www.hln.be/in-de-buurt/dentergem/man-ontdekt-boa-constrictor-in-zijn-dakgoot-slang-blijkt-ontsnapt-bij-de-buren~a13151f6/