Boidae

Boa imperator, a species of familia Boidae

Taxonavigation

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
Subfamiliae (5–6): Boinae – Candoiinae – Charininae – Erycinae – ?Pythoninae – Sanziniinae

Name

Boidae Gray, 1825

References

• Noonan, B.P. & Chippindale, P.T. 2006. Dispersal and vicariance: The complex evolutionary history of boid snakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(2): 347–358. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.03.010 Reference page. 
• Pyron, R.A., Reynolds , R.G. & Burbrink, F.T. 2014. A taxonomic revision of boas (Serpentes: Boidae). Zootaxa 3846(2): 249–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.5 Reference page. 
• Reynolds, R.G., Niemiller, M.L. & Revell, L.J. 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

беларуская: Удавы
čeština: Hroznýšovití
dansk: Kvælerslange
Deutsch: Riesenschlangen
English: Boas
español: Boas
suomi: Boat
hrvatski: Kržljonoške
日本語: ボア科
македонски: Удави
Nederlands: Boaormar
polski: Dusicielowate
ไทย: งูโบอา
Türkçe: Boagiller

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