Boinae

Taxobox
name = Boinae


image_caption = Boa constrictor, "Boa constrictor"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Boidae
subfamilia = Boinae
subfamilia_authority = Gray, 1825
synonyms = * Boina - Gray, 1825
* Aproterodontes - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
* Boaeides - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
* Boinae - Boulenger, 1890McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).]

:"Common names: boas."The Boinae are a subfamily of non-venomous boas found in Central and South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Five genera comprising 28 species are currently recognized.ITIS|ID=634391|taxon=Boinae|year=2008|date=8 July]

Geographic range

Found in Central and South America, Africa, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Mauritius, the Maluku Islands and New Guinea.

Genera

"*) Not including the nominate subspecies."
^T) Type genus.

Taxonomy

Some sources also include the genera "Acrantophis" and "Sanzinia", which are synonymized here with the genus "Boa".

ee also

* List of boine species and subspecies
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References

Further reading

* Kluge AG. 1991. Boine Snake Phylogeny and Research Cycles. Misc. Pub. Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan No. 178. [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/56422/1/MP178.pdf PDF] at [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/ University of Michigan Library] . Accessed 8 July 2008.

External links

* [http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Boinae_Subfamily.asp Boinae] at [http://zipcodezoo.com/ ZipcodeZoo.com] . Accessed 14 July 2008.