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Bolyeria multocarinata (BOIE, 1827)

IUCN Red List - Bolyeria multocarinata - Extinct, EX
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Higher TaxaBolyeridae, Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Round Island Burrowing Boa
G: Mauritius-Boa 
SynonymEryx multocarinata BOIE 1827: 513
Tortrix pseudoeryx SCHLEGEL 1837: 19
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 — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 213 
DistributionRound Island (off the coast of Mauritius)

Type locality: "Port Jackson"  
TypesHolotype: MHNP 7185 
CommentConservation: May be extinct now (fide Glaw, pers. comm.)

Reproduction: oviparous. 
References
  • 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 van 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
  • 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.
  • HALLERMANN, J. & GLAW, F. 2006. Evidence for oviparity in the extinct bolyeriid snake Bolyeria multocarinata (BOIE, 1827) [Short Note] Herpetozoa 19: - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1862. Ueber die Familien der Eryciden und Tortriciden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 28 (1): 238-252 - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1864. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 3. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Générale: xxviii +251 S. + Partie Descriptive: 606 S. + xvi. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum) - get paper here
  • Seung Hoon, Cha 2012. Snake, the world most beautifull curve [in Korean]. Hownext, 304 pp. [ISBN 978-89-965656-7-3] - get paper here
 
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