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Casarea dussumieri (SCHLEGEL, 1837)

IUCN Red List - Casarea dussumieri - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaBolyeridae, Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Round Island Ground Boas
G: Round-Island-Boa 
SynonymBoa dussumiri SCHLEGEL 1837: 396 (error typographicus)
Boa dussumieni — SCHLEGEL 1837: Il.
Casarea dussumieri — GRAY 1842: 43
Leptoboa dussumieri — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 486
Leptoboa dussumieri — JAN 1861
Casarea dussumieri — BOULENGER 1893: 121
Casarea dussumieri — STIMSON 1969: 7
Casarea dussumieri — MATTISON 1995: 197
Casarea dussumieri — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 213 
DistributionRound Island (off the coast of Mauritius)

Type locality: Round Island  
TypesHolotype: MHNP no. 9 
CommentEtymology: Named after Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883), a trader-shipowner in the French mercantile marine, who collected specimens from many areas. 
References
  • Anderson Maisano, Jessica & Olivier Rieppel 2007. The skull of the round Island boa, Casarea dussumieri Schlegel, based on high-resolution X-ray computed tomography. Journal of Morphology 268 (5): 371 - 384
  • 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. 1842. Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed snakes, or family Boidae. Zool. Misc. 2: 41-46
  • Jan, G. 1861. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 2. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • Mattison, Chris 1995. The Encyclopedia of Snakes. New York: Facts on File, 256 pp.
  • 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
  • Schmidt, Dieter 2010. Vermehrung und Zucht von Riesenschlangen Draco 11 (44): 4-17 - 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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