Boinae

Boinae
Boa constrictor, Boa constrictor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Boidae Subfamily: Boinae Gray, 1825
Synonyms
Boina - Gray, 1825 Aproterodontes - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Boaeides - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Boinae - Boulenger, 1890[1]

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.^[2]

Contents [hide] 1 Geographic range 2 Genera 3 Taxonomy 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

[edit] Geographic range

Found in Central and South America, Africa, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Mauritius, the Maluku Islands and New Guinea.^[1]

[edit] Genera

Genus[2]	Taxon author[2]	Species[2]	Subsp.*[2]	Common name[2]	Geographic range[1]
BoaT	Linnaeus, 1758	4	9	Boas	Mexico, Central America, South America, Madagascar and on Reunion Island.
Candoia	Gray, 1842	4	2	Bevel-nosed boas	from Samoa and Tokelau west through Melanesia to New Guinea and the Maluku Islands.
Corallus	Daudin, 1803	7	2	Neotropical tree boas	Central America, South America and the West Indies. In Central America they occur in Honduras, eastern Guatemala through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Its range in South America includes Pacific Colombia and Ecuador, as well as the Amazon Basin from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia through Brazil to Venezuela, Isla Margarita, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. In the West Indies it is found on St. Vincent, the Grenadines (Bequia Island, Ile Quatre, Baliceaux, Mustique, Canouan, Maryeau, Union Island, Petit Martinique and Carriacou), Grenada and the Windward Islands (Lesser Antilles).
Epicrates	Wagler, 1830	10	21	Rainbow boas	Lower Central America through South America as far south as Argentina, as well as in the West Indies.
Eunectes	Wagler, 1830	3	1	Anacondas	Tropical South America from Colombia and Venezuela south to Argentina.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
^T) Type genus.^[1]

[edit] Taxonomy

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