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Casarea dussumieri (SCHLEGEL, 1837)

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Higher TaxaBolyeriidae, Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (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
Bolyeria dussumieri — WALLS 1995
Casarea dussumieri — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 213
Casarea dussumieri — GOWER et al. 2012: 68
Casarea dussumieri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 150 
DistributionRound Island (off the coast of Mauritius)

Type locality: Round Island  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 0009 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Anterior maxillary and mandibular teeth much longer than the posterior. Head very small, distinct from neck; snout covered with shields; nostril pierced in a single nasal. Eye small, with vertical pupil. Body cylindrical, slender; scales very small, keeled. Tail long, prehensile; subcaudals single. (Boulenger 1893: 122)


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CommentType species: Boa dussumiri SCHLEGEL 1837: 396 is the type species of the genus Casarea GRAY 1842. 
EtymologyNamed after Jean-Jacques Dussumier (1792-1883), a trader-shipowner in the French mercantile marine, who collected specimens from many areas. 
References
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  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
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  • 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
  • Frazzetta, T. H. 1971. Notes upon the Jaw Musculature of the Bolyerine Snake, Casarea dussumieri. Journal of Herpetology 5 (1-2):61-63 - get paper here
  • Goin,C.J., Goin,O.B. & Zug,G.R. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, 3rd ed. W.H. Freeman & Co., San Francisco
  • Gower, D.; Garrett, K. & Stafford, P. 2012. Snakes. Firefly Books, Buffalo, NY,<br />144 p..
  • Gray, J. E. 1842. Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed snakes, or family Boidae. Zoological Miscellany 2: 41-46
  • 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
  • Jan, G. 1861. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 2. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
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  • McAlpine, D.F. 1981. Activity pattern of the Keel-scaled Boa Casarea dussumieri at the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. Dodo, J. Jersey Wild. Perserv. Trust 18: 74-78 - get paper here
  • McAlpine, D.F. 1983. Correlated Physiological Color Change and Activity Patterns in an Indian Ocean Boa (Casarea dussumieri) Journal of Herpetology 17 (2): 198-201. - get paper here
  • McDiarmid, R.W.; Campbell, J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. [type catalogue] Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • On the Edge 1982. Literature: Eierleggen door de Round Island boa (Casarea dussumieri). Litteratura Serpentium 2 (3): 150 - get paper here
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  • ROESCH, MARKUS A.; BENJAMIN DYMOND & NIK C. COLE. 2022. Feeding observations of the Keel-scaled Boa, Casarea dussumieri (Serpentes: Bolyeriidae), on Round Island, Mauritius, showing the use of its intramaxillary joint. Herpetology Notes 15: 519–522. - get paper here
  • Schlegel, H. 1837. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive. La Haye (J. Kips, J. HZ. et W. P. van Stockum), 606 S. + xvi - get paper here
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