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The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, [3] are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda of South America being the heaviest and second-longest snake known; in general, adults are medium ...
This category contains articles for taxa belonging to the Boidae family - the boas. This listing is complete and all are valid names according to the taxonomy currently available online through ITIS. See also:
Boidae The Booidea , also known as booid snakes , are a superfamily of snakes that contains boas (family Boidae ) and other closely related boa-like snakes (but not pythons , which are in a separate superfamily called Pythonoidea).
The Online Etymology Dictionary says that the word comes from the "late 14c., "large snake," from Latin boa, type of large serpent mentioned in Pliny's "Natural History;" origin unknown (in medieval folk etymology the name was associated with Greek bous "ox")."
This is a list of all extant genera, species and subspecies of the snakes of the subfamily Boinae, otherwise referred to as boines or true boas.It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, [1] which is based on the continuing work of Roy McDiarmid.
Eryx is a genus of nonvenomous snakes, commonly known as Old World sand boas, in the subfamily Erycinae of the family Boidae. [2] Species of the genus are found in southeastern Europe , northern Africa , the Middle East , and southwestern Asia .
Subfamily Boinae-- 5 genera : Genus Taxon author Species Subsp.* Common name Geographic range [1] †Bavarioboa Szyndlar and Schleich, 1993 1 0 Asian boas Europe and Asia, no specific date is known for the formation, biocorelation L.Oligcente to E. Miocene [3]
The family Boidae consists of the nonvenomous snakes commonly called boas and consists of 43 species. The genus Charina consists of two species , both of which are found in North America. There is debate on whether the southern rubber boa, a population found in the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains east of Los Angeles in California ...