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Pseudoboa nigra (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black False Boa
Portuguese: Boiru, Boiúna, Cobra-de-Leite, Cobra-Preta, Coral-Falsa, Falsa-Coral, Limpa-Mato, Limpa-Pasto, Mamadeira, Moçurana, Muçurana, Mussurana, Mussurana-Limpa-Campo 
SynonymScytale neuwiedii var. nigrum DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 1002
Pseudoboa albomaculata MELLO 1926: 129
Pseudoboa albimaculata MELLO 1926 (fide PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA)
Pseudoboa nigra — BAILEY 1962
Pseudoboa nigra — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 254
Scytale neuwiedii var. nigrum STIMPSON 1974
Pseudoboa nigra — CEI 1993
Pseudoboa nigra — ZAHER et al. 2008
Pseudoboa nigra — WALLACH et al. 2014: 599
Pseudoboa nigra — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionBolivia, Argentina ? (Misiones, Corrientes), Brazil (Paraná [HR 27: 216], Rondonia, Rio de Janeiro, Pará, Goias, Alagoas, Bahia, Céara, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Piaui, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo, Tocantins, Espírito Santo, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Sergipe), Paraguay

Type locality: "Bahia," [Brazil].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 3781 (Lemelle-Deville but catalogue of MNHN indicated Castelnau as collector) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Cunha & Nascimenta 1983: 25 (in Portuguese)  
CommentSynonymy after CEI 1993. Not in Argentina according to  GIRAUDO & SCROCCHI 2002.

Description: there are completely black and black and white color morphs (see Paula Orofino et al. 2010 for photos).

ZAHER et al. (2008) nicely illustrate the ontogenetic shift of color patterns in this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin niger, nigra, nigrum = black or dark, referring to the color of the species. 
References
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