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Pseudoboa neuwiedii (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dark-headed Red Falseboa, Neuwied's False Boa
Portuguese: Ratonel, Ratonera 
SynonymScytale neuwiedii DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 1001
Olisthenes euphaeus COPE 1859: 296
Rhinocheilus thominoti — BOCOURT 1887: 45
Oxyrhopus neuwiedii — BOULENGER 1896
Pseudoboa robinsoni STEJNEGER 1902: 190 (fide AMARAL 1925)
Pseudoboa neuwiedii — STEJNEGER 1902: 189
Pseudoboa neuwiedii — BEEBE 1946: 39
Pseudoboa neuwiedii — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 254
Pseudoboa neuwiedii — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Pseudoboa neuwiedii — VILLA et al. 1988
Pseudoboa neuwiedi — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 628
Pseudoboa neuwiedii — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Pseudoboa neuwiedii — ZAHER et al. 2008
Pseudoboa neuwiedii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 599
Pseudoboa neuwiedii — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionCosta Rica, Panama, Peru,
Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Mérida [Esqueda & La Marca 1999], Cojedes), Isla Margarita, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará),
Lesser Antilles: Trinidad, Tobago, Grenada

Type locality: Côte Ferme and Brasil; restricted to Cumaná, Venezuela, by Hoge and Lancini, 1960.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MNHN-RA 3779
Holotype: USNM 22532 [Pseudoboa robinsoni] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cunha & Nascimenta 1983: 28 (in Portuguese)  
CommentSynonymy after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970.

ZAHER et al. (2008) nicely illustrate the ontogenetic shift of color patterns in this species.

Distribution: This species has been reported from Peru, but without specific locality (T. Doan, pers. comm. 30 Apr 2012). See map in Nogueira et al. 2019. 
EtymologyNamed after Maximilian Alexander Philip, Prince zu Wied-Neuwied (1782-1867), an aristocratic explorer. After studying natural history at Georg-August-Universitat Göttingen, he entered the Prussian army (1802), ultimately becoming a Major-General. 
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