Corallus hortulana

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Booidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Corallus
Species: Corallus hortulana

Name[edit]

Corallus hortulana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Holotype: SMNH Lin. 7.
Type locality: “America”.

Combinations[edit]

Boa hortulana Linnaeus, 1758: 215 [original combination]

Synonyms[edit]

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[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.

Additional references[edit]

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.
Frétey, T. 2019. Capitalised epithets in the works of Linnaeus (1758‒1767): findings and consequences in herpetology. Bionomina 16(1): 22–45. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.16.1.2 Reference page.

Links[edit]

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Corallus hortulana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 June 2021.
Calderón, M., Ortega, A., Nogueira, C., Gagliardi, G., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Hoogmoed, M., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2016. IUCN: Corallus hortulanus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T203210A2762194. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T203210A2762194.en

Vernacular names[edit]

čeština: Psohlavec orinocký
Deutsch: Hundskopfboa
English: Garden Tree Boa
español: Boa arborícola amazónica
Nederlands: Tuinboa
norsk: Hagetreboa
polski: Boa leśny
português do Brasil: Boitinga
русский: Садовый удав
українська: Удав садовий

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