Exiliboa placata BOGERT, 1968
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Higher Taxa | Boidae (Charinidae, Ungaliophiinae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Oaxacan Dwarf Boa G: Oaxaca-Zwerg Boa S: Boa Enana Oaxaqueña |
Synonym | Exiliboa placata BOGERT 1968 Exiliboa placata — LINER 1994 Exiliboa placata — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 215 Exiliboa placata — GOWER et al. 2012: 65 Exiliboa placata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 293 Exiliboa placata — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 31 |
Distribution | Mexico (Oaxaca) Type locality: 17°37’N, 96°25’W on the headwaters of the Rio Valle Nacional, northern slopes of the Sierra de Juárez, elevation 2300 m. |
Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: AMNH 100 000, female |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Higher Taxa: Wilcox et al. (2002) extablished a new family for Exiliboa and Ungaliophis, Ungaliophiidae, based on DNA sequence analysis. More recent authors (e.g. Pyron et al. 2013) grouped Exiliboa, Ungaliophis, Charina, and Lichanura into Ungaliophiinae which is basal to most other boids. Type species: Exiliboa placata BOGERT 1968 is the type species of the genus Exiliboa BOGERT 1968. |
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