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Boas

The Boidae are a family of non-venomous snakes found in America, Africa, Europe, Asia and some Pacific Islands. Relatively primitive snakes, adults are medium to large in size, with females usually larger than the males. Two subfamilies comprising eight genera and 43 species are currently recognized.

Boinae - True boas

Boa
- Boa constrictor B. constrictor (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Amaral's boa B. c. amarali (Stull, 1932)
  - Red-tailed boa B. c. constrictor (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Common northern boa B. c. imperator (Daudin, 1803)
  - Tumbes Peru boa B. c. longicauda (Price & Russo, 1991)
  - Ecuadorian boa B. c. melanogaster (Langhammer, 1983)
  - Dominican clouded boa B. c. nebulosa (Lazell, 1964)
  - Argentine boa B. c. occidentalis (Philippi, 1873)
  - St. Lucia boa B. c. orophias (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Orton's boa B. c. ortonii (Cope, 1878)
  - Pearl Island boa B. c. sabogae (Barbour, 1906)
- Duméril's boa B. dumerili (Jan In Jan & Sordelli, 1860)
- Madagascar ground boa B. madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
- Madagascar tree boa B. manditra (Kluge, 1991)
Candoia
- New Guinean boa C. aspera (Günther, 1877)
- C. b. australis (Montrousier, 1860)
- C. b. bibroni (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)
- Pacific boa C. carinata (Schneider, 1801)
- Palau bevel-nosed boa C. superciliosa (Günther, 1863)
Corallus
- Annulated tree boa C. annulatus (Cope, 1875)
  - Northern annulated tree boa C. a. annulatus (Cope, 1875)
  - Ecuadorian annulated tree boa C. a. blombergi (Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940)
  - Colombian annulated tree boa C. a. colombianus (Rendahl & Vestergren, 1940)
- Emerald tree boa C. caninus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cook's tree boa C. cookii (Gray, 1842)
- Cropan's boa C. cropanii (Hoge, 1953)
- Grenadian bank tree boa C. grenadensis (Barbour, 1914)
- Amazon tree boa C. hortulanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Central American tree boa C. ruschenbergerii (Cope, 1876)
Epicrates
- Cuban boa E. angulifer (Bibron, 1840)
- Rainbow boa E. cenchria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Argentine rainbow boa E. c. alvarezi (Abalos, Baez & Nader, 1964)
  - Caatinga rainbow boa E. c. assisi (Machado, 1945)
  - Marajo Island rainbow boa E. c. barbouri (Stull, 1938)
  - Brazilian rainbow boa E. c. cenchria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - Paraguayan rainbow boa E. c. crassus (Cope, 1862)
  - Peruvian rainbow boa E. c. gaigei (Stull, 1938)
  - Espirito Santo rainbow boa E. c. hygrophilus (Amaral, 1935)
  - Colombian rainbow boa E. c. maurus (Gray, 1849)
  - Central highland rainbow boa E. c. polylepis (Amaral, 1935)
- Turks & Caicos Island boa E. chrysogaster (Cope, 1871)
- Abaco Island boa E. exsul (Netting & Goin, 1944)
- Haitian ground boa E. fordii (Günther, 1861)
- Haitian tree boa E. gracilis (Fischer, 1888)
- Puerto Rican boa E. inornatus (Reinhardt, 1843)
- Mona boa E. monensis (Zenneck, 1898)
- Hispaniolan boa E. striatus (Fischer, 1856)
- Jamaican boa E. subflavus (Stejneger, 1901)
Eunectes
- Dark-spotted anaconda E. deschauenseei (Dunn & Conant, 1936)
- Green anaconda E. murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  - E. m. gigas (Latreille, 1801)
  - E. m. murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Yellow anaconda E. notaeus (Cope, 1862)

Erycinae - Old World sand boas

Charina
- Southern rubber boa C. umbratica (Klauber, 1943)
- Rubber boa C. bottae (Blainville, 1835)
- Calabar python C. reinhardtii (Schlegel, 1848)
- Rosy Boa, Lichanura trivirgata(Cope, 1861)
  - Arizona Rosy Boa, Lichanura trivirgata arizonae (Spiteri, 1991)
  - Desert Rosy Boa, Lichanura trivirgata gracia (Klauber, 1931)
  - Coastal Rosy Boa, Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca (Cope, 1868)
  - Baja Rosy Boa, Lichanura trivirgata saslowi (Spiteri, 1987)
  - Mexican Rosy Boa, Lichanura trivirgata trivirgata (Cope, 1861)
Eryx
- Central Asian sand boa E. elegans (Gray, 1849)
- Javelin sand boa E. jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Saudi Arabian sand boa E. jayakari Boulenger, 1888
- Indian sand boa E. johnii (Russell, 1801)
- Dwarf sand boa E. miliaris (Pallas, 1773)
- Somalian sand boa E. somalicus Scortecci, 1939
- Tartar sand boa E. tataricus (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- Whitaker's sand boa E. whitakeri (Das, 1991)
Gongylophis
- Egyptian sand boa G. colubrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Rough-scaled sand boa G. conicus (Schneider, 1801)
- Saharan sand boa G. muelleri (Boulenger, 1892)