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Bolyeria multocarinata (BOIE, 1827)

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Higher TaxaBolyeriidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Round Island Burrowing Boa
G: Mauritius-Boa 
SynonymEryx multocarinata BOIE 1827: 513
Tortrix Pseudo-eryx SCHLEGEL 1837: 19
Bolyeria Pseudo-eryx — GRAY 1842: 46
Platygaster multicarinatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 497 (emendation)
Bolyeria multicarinata — GRAY 1849: 106
Platygaster multicarinatus — JAN 1861
Platygaster multicarinatus — JAN 1862: 247
Bolieria multicarinata — BOULENGER 1893: 122
Bolyeria multocarinata — STIMSON 1969: 4
Bolyeria multocarinata — WALLS 1995
Bolyeria multocarinata — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 213
Bolyeria multocarinata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 108
Bolyeria multomaculata — BAUER 2017 (in error) 
DistributionRound Island (off the coast of Mauritius)

Type locality: "Port Jackson"  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 7185 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth a little longer than the posterior. Head very small, not distinct from neck; snout covered with shields; nostril pierced in a single nasal. Eye very small, with vertical pupil. Body cylindrical. Scales small, hexagonal, juxtaposed or very feebly imbricate, tri- or quinquecarinate. Tail moderate, feebly prehensile; suboaudals single. (Boulenger 1893: 122)


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CommentConservation: May be extinct now (fide Glaw, pers. comm.)

Type species: Tortrix pseudoeryx SCHLEGEL 1837 is the type species of the genus Bolyeria GRAY 1842. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin multi, many things (pl.); much; many + Latin carinata, keeled, ridged.

The etymology of the genus name Bolyeria is unclear. Gray 1842 does not explain the name, nor does he mention any one or any place of the name “Bolyer” 
References
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  • Bauer, A. M. and R. Günther 2004. On a newly identified specimen of the extinct bolyeriid snake Bolyeria multocarinata (Boie, 1827). Herpetozoa 17 (3/4):179-181 - get paper here
  • Boie, F. 1827. Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien, 1. Lieferung: Ophidier. Isis von Oken 20: 508-566. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Bullock, David J. 1986. The Ecology and Conservation of Reptiles on Round Island and Gunner's Quoin, Mauritius. Biological Conservation 37: 135 156 - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1844. Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.6. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 609 pp. - get paper here
  • Goin,C.J., Goin,O.B. & Zug,G.R. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, 3rd ed. W.H. Freeman & Co., San Francisco
  • Gray, J. E. 1849. Catalogue of the specimens of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman, London, i-xv; 1-125. - get paper here
  • Guibé, J. & Roux-Estève, R. 1972. Les types de Schlegel (Ophidiens) présents dans les collections du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Zoologische Mededelingen 47: 129-134 - get paper here
  • HALLERMANN, J. & GLAW, F. 2006. Evidence for oviparity in the extinct bolyeriid snake Bolyeria multocarinata (BOIE, 1827) [Short Note]. Herpetozoa 19 (1/2): 82-85 - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1862. Ueber die Familien der Eryciden und Tortriciden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 28 (1): 238-252 - get paper here
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