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    Species Accepted

    Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

    Argentine Boa Constrictor [occidentalis]
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Boa
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 5 countries or islands

      5 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      ArubaYes
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      BelgiumNoUnknown
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      66 results
      Abgottschlange German
      Anaconda Portuguese
      Anery
      Arabesque
      Argentine Boa Constrictor [occidentalis] English
      Atlantic Boa [atlantica] English
      Avalanche
      Blizzard
      Blood
      Boa Constrictor English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      5 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      443 results
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      Mesquita, Daniel Oliveira; Brygida Alves, Carmem Pedro, Daniel Laranjeiras, Francis Caldas, Isabella Pedrosa, Jefter Rodrigues, Leandro de Oliveira Drummond, Lucas Cavalcanti, Milena Wachlevski, Paulo Nogueira-Costa, Rafaela França, Frederico França. (2018). Herpetofauna in two habitat types (tabuleiros and Stational Semidecidual Forest) in the Reserva Biológica Guaribas, northeastern Brazil. Herpetology Notes 11: 455-474.
      Burbrink, Frank T. (2005). Inferring the phylogenetic position of Boa constrictor among the Boinae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 167-180 (Published Online 2004).
      Hanscom, R. J., Higham, T. E., Ryan, D., & Clark, R. W. (2023). Ambush hunting in snakes: behaviour, function, and diversity. In: D. Penning (ed.), Snakes: morphology, function, and ecology. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers.
      McRanie, James R. and Leonardo Valdés Orellana. (2011). Geographic Distribution: Boa constrictor (Boa constrictor). Herpetological Review 42 (3): 392-393.
      Ridell, & Jack. (1991). Literature: Breeding the Boa constrictor. Litteratura Serpentium 11 (1): 25.
      Verveen, A. (2002). Able bodied Boa constrictor in 3D. Litteratura Serpentium 22 (3): 115-118.
      Reynolds, R. Graham; Matthew L. Niemiller, 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 71: 201–213 [Published Online in 2013].
      Hanley, K.; Hanley, S. & Martinez-Carríon, P. (2003). Boa constrictor. Reptilia (GB) (30): 39-42.
      Costa, Taís Borges; Daniel Orsi Laranjeiras, Francis Luiz Santos Caldas, Daniel Oliveira Santana, Cristiana Ferreira da Silva, Edna Paulino de Alcântara, Samuel Vieira Brito, Jéssica Yara Galdino, Daniel Oliveira Mesquita, Renato Gomes Faria, Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues França, Robson Waldemar Ávila, Adrian Antonio Garda. (2018). Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga VII: Aiuaba Ecological Station (Ceará, Brazil). Herpetology Notes 11: 929-941.

      Citation

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