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Snakes (Serpentes)    Genera Acrantophis Madagascar Ground Boas Boa Red-tailed Boas Calabaria Calabar Boa Candoia Pacific Boas Charina Rubber Boas Chilabothrus Slender Boas Corallus Tree Boas Epicrates Rainbow Boas Eryx Sand Boas Eunectes Anacondas Exiliboa Mexican Dwarf Boa Lichanura Rosy Boas Sanzinia Madagascar Tree Boas Ungaliophis Central American Dwarf Boas

Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: May 12th, 2024. Biodiversity of the family Boidae Bibliography of the family Boidae Boidae Typical Boas Eigentliche Boas     Egentlige Boaer Contents: Endemicity: 14 genera of which 3 (21.4%) are endemic   0% 100% 69 species of which 31 (44.9%) are endemic   0% 100% Remarks: Previously included the species now assigned to the families Bolyeriidae, Pythonidae, and Tropidophiidae (e.g., Stimson 1969). The genus Calabaria was previously placed in the family Pythonidae (formerly the subfamily Pythoninae) (e.g., Goin, Goin & Zug 1978). Some authors (e.g., Figueroa, KcKelvy, Grismer, Bell & Lailvaux 2016; Pyron, Reynolds & Burbrink 2014) have proposed a further division of the family with as many as five additional families proposed: Calabariidae (Calabaria) Candoiidae (Candoia) Charinidae (Charina, Exiliboa, Lichanura, Ungaliophis) Erycidae (Eryx, incl. Gongylophis) Sanziniidae (Acrantophis, Sanzinia) This would restrict the family Boidae to the genera Boa, Chilabothrus, Corallus, Epicrates, and Eunectes. Whether all or some of these proposed families will eventually become generally accepted or not remains to be seen. For conservative reasons, these groups are provisionally retained as part of a wider defined family Boidae. Distribution:  North America, Central America, South America, West Indies, Africa, SE. Europe, Middle East, C. and S. Asia, Malay Archipelago, W. Pacific Ocean. Reported from: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tokelau, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks & Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Wallis & Futuna, Western Samoa, Yemen.