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Acrantophis dumerili JAN, 1860

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Higher TaxaBoidae (Sanziniinae, Sanziniidae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dumeril's boa
G: Dumerils Madagaskarboa 
SynonymAcrantophis dumerili JAN 1860
Boa dumerili — BOULENGER 1893: 120
Constrictor dumerili — BARBOUR 1918: 486
Acrantophis madagascariensis dumerili — STULL 1935: 405
Acrantophis dumerili — STIMSON 1969
Acrantophis dumerili — KLUGE 1991: 8
Boa dumerili — KLUGE 1991: 48
Acrantophis dumerili — GLAW & VENCES 1994: 327
Boa dumerili — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 185
Acrantophis dumerili — VENCES et al. 2001
Acrantophis dumerili — WALLACH et al. 2014: 6
Acrantophis dumerili — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 37 
DistributionS Madagascar, Mascarene Islands

Type locality: unknown, likely Amboasary, Madagascar (Henkel and Schmidt 2000).  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: lost, formerly MSNM (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milano), but destroyed in 1943 fide Reynolds & Henderson 2018. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus). Kluge 1991 diagnosed the clade including dumerili and madagascariensis by his characters 38(2), [56(2)c], 59c, [71(0)x], [73(0)x] which translate as following: (38) Ectopterygoid prominent, (56) Basisphenoid: The parasphenoid wing (the basipterygoid process of Frazzetta [1959:470]) has a distinctly flattened (pedicellate) ventral surface. Acrantophis has the most massive pedicellate process Kluge observed among boines, whereas adult Sanzinia have no process whatsoever. (59) Splenial, without specification what “c” means. (71) General habitus: Body shape, in cross-section round and the head is not set of noticeably from the neck. Kluge does not specify what the “x” means. (73) Labial pits macroscopically absent. (Kluge 1991: 48 and character descriptions on pages 17 ff).


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CommentDistribution: Reports from Reunion are probably erroneous (WALLACH & GLAW 2009, Vences & Glaw 2003).

Acrantophis dumerili may be a complex of two species (OROZCO-TERWENGEL et al 2008).

Type species: Acrantophis dumerili JAN 1860 is the type species of the genus Acrantophis JAN 1860. 
EtymologyThe species is named after French herpetologist A.M.C. Duméril.

The genus was named after Greek “akrantos” = useless or lazy, and Greek” ophis = snake. May have been chosen because the species was found in a state of no or low activity. 
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