Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Boidae Bibliography of the genus Acrantophis Biodiversity of the family Boidae Genus Acrantophis Madagascar Ground Boas Madagaskarboas Madagascar-jordboaer 1844 Pelophilus Dumeril & Bibron [not Pelophilus Tschudi 1838 (Amphibia)] (type species: Pelophilus madagascariensis Dumeril & Bibron 1844) 1860 Acrantophis Jan in Jan & Sordelli (type species: Acrantophis dumerili Jan 1860) Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Kluge (1991b) regarded Acrantophis and Sanzinia as synonyms of Boa, however, validity of both genera was demonstrated by Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Böhme & Vieth (2001). Placed in a separate family, Sanziniidae, by Pyron, Reynolds & Burbrink (2014). Distribution: Madagascar (incl. Nosy Be). Acrantophis dumerili Western Madagascar Ground Boa, (Dumeril's Boa) Südliche Madagaskarboa Vestlig Madagascar-jordboa, (Dumerils Boa) 1860 Acrantophis Dumerili Jan Boa dumerilii Boulenger 1893 Acrantophis madagascariensis dumerili Stull 1935 Remarks: Occurrence in Reunion in the Mascarene Islands (e.g., Guibe 1958; Stimson 1969; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) has not been confirmed and is presumably erroneous (Wallach & Glaw 2009). Distribution: Madagascar. Acrantophis dumerili © Rune Midtgaard Acrantophis madagascariensis Eastern Madagascar Ground Boa Nördliche Madagaskarboa Østlig Madagascar-jordboa 1844 Pelophilus madagascariensis Dumeril & Bibron Boa madagascariensis Boulenger 1893 Acrantophis madagascariensis Stull 1935 Distribution: Madagascar (incl. Nosy Be).