The booid snakes (superfamily Booidae) are a near–circumglobally distributed group of macrostoman alethinophidian squamates, and several lineages are of significant conservation concern. A number of taxonomic changes have occurred among the superfamily Booidae over the last decade, including the resurrection and description of new families, elevation of a genus, elevation of 13 species, and the discovery of a new species. Here, we aim to synthesize existing knowledge of booid diversity, systematics, and conservation status. We provide a comprehensive checklist of all 66 species and 33 subspecies of booid snakes recognized herein, distributed among 14 genera and six families. For each species and subspecies, we evaluate taxonomy, distribution, type specimens, and conservation status.
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1 September 2018
Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidae): A Checklist With Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments
R. Graham Reynolds,
Robert W. Henderson
Author Affiliations +
R. Graham Reynolds, Robert W. Henderson
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ARTICLE - INTRODUCTION
- SPECIES ACCOUNTS FAMILY BOIDAE GRAY, 1825
- Boa Linnaeus, 1758
- Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Boa constrictor constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Boa constrictor longicauda Price & Russo, 1991
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Boa constrictor occidentalis Philippi, 1873
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Boa constrictor ortonii Cope, 1878
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Boa imperator Daudin, 1803
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Boa imperator imperator Daudin, 1803
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Boa imperator sabogae (Barbour, 1906)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Boa nebulosa (Lazell, 1964)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Boa orophias Linnaeus, 1758
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Boa sigma (Smith, 1943)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus Duméril & Bibron, 1844
- Chilabothrus angulifer (Bibron, 1840)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus argentum (Reynolds et al., 2016a)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus chrysogaster (Cope, 1871)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus chrysogaster chrysogaster (Cope, 1871)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus chrysogaster relicquus (Barbour & Shreve, 1935)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus exsul (Netting & Goin, 1944)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus fordii (Günther, 1861)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus fordii fordii (Günther, 1861)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus fordii agametus (Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus fordii manototus (Schwartz, 1979)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus gracilis Fischer, 1888
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus gracilis gracilis Fischer, 1888
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus gracilis hapalus (Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus granti (Stull, 1933)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus inornatus (Reinhardt, 1843)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus monensis (Zenneck, 1898)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus schwartzi (Buden, 1975)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus striatus (Fischer, 1856)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus striatus striatus (Fischer, 1856)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus striatus exagistus (Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus striatus warreni (Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus strigilatus (Cope, 1862)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus strigilatus strigilatus (Cope, 1862)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus strigilatus ailurus (Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus strigilatus fosteri (Barbour, 1941)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus strigilatus fowleri (Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus strigilatus mccraniei (Sheplan & Schwartz, 1974)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Chilabothrus subflavus (Stejneger, 1901)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Corallus Daudin, 1803
- Corallus annulatus (Cope, 1875)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Corallus batesii (Gray, 1860)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Corallus blombergii (Rendahl & Vestergren, 1941)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Corallus caninus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Corallus cookii Gray, 1842
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Corallus cropanii (Hoge, 1953)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Corallus grenadensis (Barbour, 1914)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Corallus hortulanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Corallus ruschenbergerii (Cope, 1875)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Epicrates Wagler, 1830
- Epicrates alvarezi Abalos, Baez, & Nader, 1964
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Epicrates assisi Machado, 1945
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Epicrates cenchria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Epicrates crassus Cope, 1862
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Epicrates maurus Gray, 1849
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eunectes Wagler, 1830
- Eunectes beniensis Dirksen, 2002
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eunectes deschauenseei Dunn & Conant, 1936
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eunectes murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eunectes notaeus Cope, 1862
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- FAMILY CALABARIIDAE GRAY, 1858
- Calabaria Gray, 1858
- Calabaria reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1848)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- FAMILY CANDOIIDAE PYRON ET AL., 2014
- Candoia Gray, 1842
- Candoia aspera (Günther, 1877)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia aspera aspera (Günther, 1877)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia aspera schmidti (Stull, 1932)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia bibroni (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia carinata (Schneider, 1801)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia carinata carinata (Schneider, 1801)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia carinata tepedeleni Smith & Chiszar, 2001 (in Smith et al., 2001)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia paulsoni (Stull, 1956)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia paulsoni paulsoni (Stull, 1956)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia paulsoni mcdowelli Smith & Chiszar, 2001 (in Smith et al., 2001)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia paulsoni rosadoi Smith & Chiszar, 2001 (in Smith et al., 2001)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia paulsoni sadlieri Smith & Chiszar, 2001 (in Smith et al., 2001)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia paulsoni tasmai Smith & Tepedelen, 2001 (in Smith et al., 2001)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia paulsoni vindumi Smith & Chiszar, 2001 (in Smith et al., 2001)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia superciliosa (Günther, 1863)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia superciliosa superciliosa (Günther, 1863)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Candoia superciliosa crombiei Smith & Chiszar, 2001 (in Smith et al., 2001)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- FAMILY CHARINIDAE GRAY, 1849
- Subfamily Charininae Gray, 1849Charina Gray, 1849
- Charina bottae (Blaineville, 1835)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Charina umbratica Klauber, 1943
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Lichanura (Cope, 1861)
- Lichanura orcutti Stejneger, 1889b
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Lichanura trivirgata Cope, 1861
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Subfamily Ungaliophiinae McDowell, 1987Exiliboa Bogert, 1968b
- Exiliboa placata Bogert, 1968b
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Ungaliophis Müller, 1880
- Ungaliophis continentalis Müller, 1880
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Ungaliophis panamensis Schmidt, 1933
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- FAMILY ERYCIDAE BONAPARTE, 1831
- Eryx Daudin, 1803
- Eryx borrii Lanza & Nistri, 2005
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx colubrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx conicus (Schneider, 1801)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx elegans (Gray, 1849)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx jayakari Boulenger, 1888
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx johnii (Russell, 1801)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx miliaris (Pallas, 1773)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx muelleri (Boulenger, 1892)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx somalicus Scortecci, 1939
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx tataricus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx vittatus Chernov, 1959
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Eryx whitakeri Das, 1991
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- FAMILY SANZINIIDAE ROMER, 1956
- Acrantophis Jan, 1860
- Acrantophis dumerili Jan, 1860
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimen
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Acrantophis madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron 1844)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Sanzinia Gray, 1849
- Sanzinia madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- Sanzinia volontany Vences & Glaw, 2003
- Taxonomy
- Type Specimens
- Distribution
- Conservation Status
- CONSERVATION
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R. Graham Reynolds, Robert W. Henderson "Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidae): A Checklist With Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments," Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 162(1), 1-58, (1 September 2018)
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