Corallus hortulanus

Corallus hortulanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea
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Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Corallus
Species: Corallus hortulanus
Subspecies: C. h. enydris - C. h. hortulanus

Name

Corallus hortulanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: "America".

Holotype: SMNH Lin. 7

Synonyms

• Boa hortulana Linnaeus 1758: 215
• Boa Enydris Linnaeus 1758: 215
• Vipera bitis Laurenti 1768: 102
• Vipera madarensis Laurenti 1768: 102
• Coluber madarensis - Gmelin 1788: 1092
• Coluber bitis - Gmelin 1788: 1092
• Boa Ambleocephala Donndorff 1798: 1798: 149
• Boa merremi Schneider 1801: 259
• Boa obtusiceps Bechstein 1802: 46
• Boa elegans Daudin 1803: 123
• Corallus obtusirostris Daudin 1803: 259
• Xiphosoma ornatum Wagler 1824: 40
• Xiphosoma dorsuale Wagler 1824: 43
• Xiphosoma hortulana - Fitzinger 1826: 883
• [Xiphosoma] merremii - Wagler 1830: 167
• Boa modesta Reuss 1834: 129
• Boa hortulana - Schlegel 1837: 392
• Corallus maculatus Gray 1842: 42
• Corallus hortulanus - Gray 1842: 42
• Corallus Cooki Gray 1842: 42
• Xiphosoma hortulanum - Duméril & Bibron 1844: 545
• Corallus hortulanus melanea Gray 1849: 98
• Xiphosoma ruschenbergerii Cope 1875: 129
• Xiphosoma hortulanum — Garman 1887: 279
• Corallus cookii - Boulenger 1893: 99
• Corallus hortulanus - Boulenger 1893: 101
• Boa ruschenbergii - Stejneger 1901: 184 (in errore)
• Boa grenadensis Barbour 1914: 327
• Boa salmonidia Briceño Rossi 1934: 1141
• Boa enydris enydris - Stull 1935: 388

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 pp.
• Schwartz,A. & Henderson,R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
• McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
• Corallus hortulanus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Garden Tree Boa; Amazon tree boa