BOAS OF THE WORLD

BOAS OF THE WORLD

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A Listing of Boas of the World

Includes Mauritius Snakes or Splitjaw Snakes
(Round Island Boas)

Order Boidae

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COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME (External Link)
Duméril’s Boa	Acrantophis dumerili
Madagascar Ground Boa	Acrantophis madagascariensis
Amaral’s Boa Constrictor or Bolivian Red-tailed Boa	Boa constrictor amarali (invalid subspecies)
Red-tailed Boa Constrictor or Common Boa	Boa constrictor constrictor
Tumbes Peru Boa Constrictor	Boa constrictor longicauda (invalid subspecies)
Ecuadorian Boa Constrictor or Black Bellied Boa	Boa constrictor melanogaster (invalid subspecies)
Argentine Boa Constrictor	Boa constrictor occidentalis
Orton’s Boa Constrictor	Boa constrictor ortonii
*Northern Boa Constrictor or Hog Island Boa	Boa imperator
Pearl Island Boa Constrictor	Boa imperator sabogae (invalid subspecies?)
Dominican Clouded Boa Constrictor	Boa nebulosa or (Boa constrictor nebulosa)
St. Lucia Boa Constrictor	Boa orophias (was Boa constrictor orophias)
Tres Marías Islands Boa	Boa sigma (Status uncertain)
Calabar Boa (Note that although this species is often called a Calabar python, it is actually a Boa!) THIS SPECIES LAYS EGGS	Calabaria (was Charina) reinhardtii
Bismarck Archipelago Boa	Candoia aspera aspera
New Guinean Viper Boa	Candoia aspera schmidti
Pacific Tree Boa	Candoia bibroni
Solomon Island Tree Boa	Candoia bibroni australis (invalid subspecies)
Fiji Boa	Candoia bibroni bibroni (invalid subspecies)
Western Schneider’s Bevelnosed Boa	Candoia carinata carinata
Tepedelen’s Bevelnosed Boa	Candoia carinata tepedeleni
McDowell’s Bevelnosed Boa	Candoia paulsoni mcdowelli
Paulson’s Bevelnosed Boa or Solomons Ground Boa	Candoia paulson paulsoni
Misima Island Bevelnosed Boa	Candoia paulsoni rosadoi
Woodlark Island Bevelnosed Boa	Candoia paulsoni sadlieri
Indonesian Bevelnosed Boa	Candoia paulsoni tasmai
Paulson’s Bevelnosed Boa	Candoia paulsoni vindumi
Palau Bevelnosed Boa	Candoia superciliosa superciliosa
Ngeaur Island Bevelnosed Boa	Candoia superciliosa crombiei
Northern Rubber Boa	Charina bottae
Southern Rubber Boa	Charina umbratica
Bahamian Silver Boa	Chilabothrus argentum
Cuban Tree Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) angulifer
Virgin Island tree Boa	Chilabothrus granti (was Epicrates monensis granti)
Mona Island Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates) monensis
Tiburon Peninsula Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) striatus exagistus
Hispaniolan or Dominican Red Mountain Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) striatus striatus
Tortuga Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) striatus warreni
Turks & Caicos Island Boa	Chilabothrus (Epicrates ) chrysogaster chrysogaster?
Great Inagua Island Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates) chrysogaster relicquus
Acklins Island Boa or Crooked Acklins Boa	Chilabothrus schwartzi ( was Epicrates) chrysogaster schwartzi
Abaco Island Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) exsul
St. Nicholas Ground Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) fordii agametus
Haitian Ground Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates) fordii fordii
Haitian Ground Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) fordii manototus
Haitia Tree Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) gracilis gracilis
Coastal Tree Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) gracilis hapalus
Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) granti
Puerto Rican Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) inornatus
Cat Island Boa	Chilabothrus strigilatus ailurus (was Epicrates striatus ailurus)
Bimini Island Boa	Chilabothrus strigilatus fosteri (was Epicrates striatus fosteri)
Andros Island Boa	Chilabothrus strigilatus fowleri (was Epicrates striatus fowleri)
Ragged Island Boa	Chilabothrus strigilatus mccraniei (was Epicrates striatus mccraniei)
New Providence Island Boa?	Chilabothrus strigilatus strigilatus (was Epicrates striatus strigilatus)
Jamaican Boa	Chilabothrus (was Epicrates ) subflavus
Northern Annulated Tree Boa	Corallus annulatus
Ecuadorian Annulated Tree Boa	Corallus annulatus blombergi (Invalid Subspecies)
Colombian Annulated Tree Boa	Corallus annulatus colombianus (Invalid Subspecies)
Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa	Corallus batesii
Tree Boa?	Corallus blombergii
Emerald Tree Boa	Corallus caninus
Cook’s Tree Boa	Corallus cookii
Cropan’s Boa	Corallus cropanii
Grenadian Tree Boa	Corallus grenadensis
Amazon tree Boa	Corallus hortulanus
Central American Tree Boa	Corallus ruschenbergerii
Argentine Rainbow Boa	Epicrates alvarezi (was Epicrates cenchria alvarezi)
Caatinga Rainbow Boa	Epicrates assisi (was Epicrates cenchria assisi )
Marajo Island Rainbow Boa	Epicrates cenchria barbouri
*Brazilian Rainbow Boa	Epicrates cenchria
Paraguayan Rainbow Boa	Epicrates crassus (was Epicrates cenchria crassus)
Equador Rainbow Boa	Epicrates cenchria gaigei (invalid subspecies)
Espirito Santo Rainbow Boa	Epicrates cenchria hygrophilus (invalid subspecies)
*Colombian Rainbow Boa	Epicrates maurus (was Epicrates cenchria maurus)
Central Highland Rainbow Boa	Epicrates cenchria polylepis (invalid subspecies)
Central Asia Sand Boa	Eryx elegans
Somalian Sand Boa	Eryx borrii
Javelin Sand Boa	Eryx jaculus
Arabian Sand Boa - THIS SPECIES LAYS EGGS, BUT HATCHLINGS DO NOT HAVE AN EGG TOOTH	Eryx jayakari
Indian Sand Boa	Eryx johnii
Dwarf Sand Boa	Eryx miliaris
Somalian Sand Boa	Eryx somalicus
Tartar Sand Boa	Eryx tataricus speciosus
Egyptian Sand Boa or Kenyan Sand Boa	Eryx (was Gongylophis) colubrinus
Rough-scaled Sand Boa	Eryx (was Gongylophis) conicus
Saharan Sand Boa - THIS SPECIES LAYS EGGS	Eryx muelleri
Tartar Sand Boa	Eryx tataricus
Tartar Sand Boa	Eryx vittatus (was E. tataricus vittatus)
Whitaker's Sand Boa	Eryx whitakeri
Bolivian Anaconda, or Beni Anaconda	Eunectes beniensis
Dark-spotted Anaconda or De Schauensee’s Anaconda	Eunectes deschauenseei
Green Anaconda	Eunectes murinus gigas (Invalid subspecies)
Green Anaconda	Eunectes murinus
Yellow Anaconda	Eunectes notaeus
Oaxacan Dwarf Boa	Exilaboa placata
Rosy Boa or Northern Three-lined Boa	Lichanura orcutti
Desert Rosy Boa	Lichanura (was Charina) trivirgata gracia (invalid subspecies)
Coastal Rosy Boa	Lichanura (was Charina) trivirgata roseofusca (invalid subspecies)
Rosy Boa	Lichanura (was Charina) trivirgata
Madagascar Tree Boa	Sanzinia madagascariensis (was S. manditra)
Madagascar Ground Boa or Nosy Komba Ground Boa	Sanzinia volontany (was Sanzinia manditra volontany
Isthmian Dwarf Boa	Ungaliophis continentalis
Panamanian Dwarf Boa	Ungaliophis panamensis

Round Island Boas
(also called Mauritius Snakes and Splitjaw Snakes) are no longer regarded as Boas (Boidae family) and are now in the Bolyeriidae family.

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME
Round Island Burrowing Boa (Presumed extinct -Last seen in 1975)	Bolyeria multocarinata
Round Island Ground Boa	Casarea dussumieri