Boa constrictor
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Subphylum : Vertebrata
Classis : Reptilia
Subclassis : Diapsida
Superordo : Lepidosauria
Ordo : Squamata
Subordo : Serpentes
Familia : Boidae*?
Genus : Boa
Linnaeus, 1758
Species : Boa constrictor
Linnaeus, 1758
Classis : Reptilia
Subclassis : Diapsida
Superordo : Lepidosauria
Ordo : Squamata
Subordo : Serpentes
Familia : Boidae*?
Genus : Boa
Linnaeus, 1758
Species : Boa constrictor
Linnaeus, 1758
Boa constrictor est serpens praeclarus in toto orbe terrarum, qui in Media America et America Meridionali (a Mexico usque ad Argentinam) praesertim Silva Amazonica vivit.
Nonnumquam sub genere Boa adsunt etiam tres serpentes Madagascarienses:
- Acrantophis dumerili (ut Boa dumerili),
- Acrantophis madagascariensis (ut Boa madagascariensis),
- Sanzinia madagascariensis (ut Boa manditra).
Subspecies
- Boa constrictor amarali Stull, 1932
- Boa constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
- Boa constrictor imperator Daudin, 1803
- Boa constrictor longicauda Price & Russo, 1991
- Boa constrictor melanogaster Langhammer, 1983
- Boa constrictor nebulosa Lazell, 1974
- Boa constrictor occidentalis Philippi, 1863
- Boa constrictor orophias Linnaeus, 1758
- Boa constrictor ortonii Cope, 1878
- Boa constrictor sabogae Barbour, 1906