Boa

Boa constrictor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Boa
Species: B. constrictor - B. dumerili - B. madagascariensis - B. manditra

Name

• Boa Linnaeus, 1758
  • Gender: feminine
  • Type species: Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
    • Fixation: subsequent designation by Fitzinger 1843: 24 BHL

References

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp : page 214. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.542
• Fitzinger, L.J., 1843: Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. 106 pp. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. reference page  BHL

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Abgottschlange
Nederlands: Afgodslang
日本語: ボア属
português: Jibóia