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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Bolyeriidae
Bibliography of the genus Bolyeria
Biodiversity of the family Bolyeriidae








Genus
Bolyeria (extinct)

Round Island Boa

Round Island-Boa, (Mauritiusboa)

Round Island-boa

1842 Bolyeria Gray (type species: Tortrix pseudoeryx Schlegel 1837)
1843 Uroleptes Fitzinger (type species: Tortrix pseudoeryx Schlegel 1837)
1844 Platygaster Dumeril & Bibron [not Platygaster Latreille 1809 (Insecta); not Platygaster Schilling 1829 (Insecta); not Platygaster Zetterstedt 1838 (Insecta); not Platygaster Swainson 1838 (Pisces)] (type species: Eryx multocarinata Boie 1827)
Contents: 1 extinct species, which was endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.


Bolyeria multocarinata

Round Island Boa, Round Island Burrowing Boa

Round Island-Boa, (Mauritiusboa)

Round Island-boa

1827 Eryx Multocarinata Boie
Platygaster multicarinatus [unjustified emendation] Duméril & Bibron 1844
Bolyeria multicarinata [unjustified emendation] Gray 1849
1837 Tortrix pseudoeryx Schlegel (Stimson 1969)
Bolyeria pseudoeryx Gray 1849

Remarks: Extinct on Mauritius Island and probably also Round Island, the last stronghold of the species. Most recent records are from 1974, in spite of intensive searches in 2001 (Korsós & Trócsányi 2006).
Distribution: Mauritius (Coin de Mire, Round Island). Extinct.