Corallus hortulana

Corallus hortulana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

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

Name

Corallus hortulana (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Combinations

• Boa hortulana Linnaeus, 1758: 215 [original combination]
• Xiphosoma hortulanum — Fitzinger, 1826: 883 [subsequent combination]
• Corallus hortulanus — Gray, 1842: 42 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Boa enydris Linnaeus, 1758: 215
• Vipera bitis Laurenti, 1768: 102
• Vipera madarensis Laurenti, 1768: 102
• Boa ambleocephala Donndorff, 1798: 149
• Boa merremi Schneider, 1801: 259 [not Boa merremii Sentzen in Meyer 1796]
• Corallus obtusirostris Daudin, 1803: 259
• Xiphosoma ornatum Wagler, 1824: 40
• Xiphosoma dorsuale Wagler, 1824: 43
• Boa modesta Reuss, 1834: 129
• Corallus maculatus Gray, 1842: 42

References

Primary references

• 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

• Colston, T.J., Grazziotin, F.G., Shepard, D.B., Vitt, L.J., Colli, G.R., Henderson, R.W., Hedges, S.B., Bonatto, S.L., Zaher, H., Noonan, B.P. & Burbrink, F.T. 2013. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of tree boas (Corallus spp.). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 953–959. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.027 Reference page. 

• Reynolds, R.G. & Henderson, R.W. 2018. Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidea): A Checklist With Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162(1): 1–59. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ48.1 Reference page. 
• 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

• 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. Accessed on 14 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• čeština: Psohlavec orinocký
• Deutsch: Hundskopfboa
• English: Amazon 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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