Family Boidae (Typical Boas):
countries and regions with most species

© Rune Midtgaard
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*Countries/regions with same number of species are ranked alphabetically
Rank* Country / region Species
No. 1
Brazil
 12
No. 2
Colombia
 11
No. 3
Bolivia
 9
No. 4
Para [Brazil]
 9
No. 5
Amapa [Brazil]
 7
No. 6
Ecuador
 7
No. 7
Ecuadorian mainland [Ecuador]
 7
No. 8
French Guiana [France]
 7
No. 9
Mato Grosso [Brazil]
 7
No. 10
Sao Paulo [Brazil]
 7
No. 11
Venezuela
 7
No. 12
Amazonas [Brazil]
 6
No. 13
Bahia [Brazil]
 6
No. 14
Guyana
 6
No. 15
Marajo Island [Brazil]
 6
No. 16
Maranhao [Brazil]
 6
No. 17
Mato Grosso do Sul [Brazil]
 6
No. 18
Minas Gerais [Brazil]
 6
No. 19
Panama
 6
No. 20
Peru
 6
No. 21
Rondonia [Brazil]
 6
No. 22
Roraima [Brazil]
 6
No. 23
Surinam
 6
No. 24
Tocantins [Brazil]
 6
No. 25
Acre [Brazil]
 5
No. 26
Bahamas
 5
No. 27
Costa Rica
 5
No. 28
Goias [Brazil]
 5
No. 29
Iran
 5
No. 30
Mexico
 5
No. 31
Paraguay
 5
No. 32
Pernambuco [Brazil]
 5
No. 33
Sergipe [Brazil]
 5
No. 34
Alagoas [Brazil]
 4
No. 35
Argentina
 4
No. 36
California [USA]
 4
No. 37
Ceara [Brazil]
 4
No. 38
Madagascar
 4
No. 39
Nicaragua
 4
No. 40
Paraiba [Brazil]
 4
No. 41
Parana [Brazil]
 4
No. 42
Piaui [Brazil]
 4
No. 43
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
 4
No. 44
Rio Grande do Norte [Brazil]
 4
No. 45
Trinidad [Trinidad & Tobago]
 4
No. 46
Trinidad & Tobago
 4
No. 47
USA
 4
No. 48
Bismarck Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 49
Distrito Federal (Brazil) [Brazil]
 3
No. 50
Dominican Republic
 3
No. 51
Eastern New Guinea [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 52
Espirito Santo [Brazil]
 3
No. 53
Goa [India]
 3
No. 54
Guatemala
 3
No. 55
Haiti
 3
No. 56
Hispaniola [Dominican Republic / Haiti]
 3
No. 57
Honduras
 3
No. 58
India
 3
No. 59
Indonesia
 3
No. 60
Iraq
 3
No. 61
Karnataka [India]
 3
No. 62
Kerala [India]
 3
No. 63
Maharashtra [India]
 3
No. 64
Margarita [Venezuela]
 3
No. 65
New Britain [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 66
New Guinea [Indonesia / Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 67
New Ireland [Papua New Guinea]
 3
No. 68
Nosy Be [Madagascar]
 3
No. 69
Oaxaca [Mexico]
 3
No. 70
Pakistan
 3
No. 71
Papua New Guinea
 3
No. 72
Puerto Rico
 3
No. 73
Somalia
 3
No. 74
Tobago [Trinidad & Tobago]
 3
No. 75
Turkmenistan
 3
No. 76
Admiralty Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 77
Afghanistan
 2
No. 78
Andhra Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 79
Arizona [USA]
 2
No. 80
Bacan [Indonesia]
 2
No. 81
Batanta [Indonesia]
 2
No. 82
Benin
 2
No. 83
Biak [Indonesia]
 2
No. 84
Cameroon
 2
No. 85
Central African Republic
 2
No. 86
Chad
 2
No. 87
Chhattisgarh [India]
 2
No. 88
Chiapas [Mexico]
 2
No. 89
China
 2
No. 90
Egypt
 2
No. 91
Ethiopia
 2
No. 92
Gansu [China]
 2
No. 93
Ghana
 2
No. 94
Guerrero [Mexico]
 2
No. 95
Gujarat [India]
 2
No. 96
Himachal Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 97
Ile de la Gonave [Haiti]
 2
No. 98
Inner Mongolia [China]
 2
No. 99
Ivory Coast
 2
No. 100
Jammu & Kashmir [India]
 2
No. 101
Kazakhstan
 2
No. 102
Madhya Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 103
Manus [Papua New Guinea]
 2
No. 104
Misool [Indonesia]
 2
No. 105
Morotai [Indonesia]
 2
No. 106
Nepal
 2
No. 107
Niger
 2
No. 108
Nigeria
 2
No. 109
Ningxia [China]
 2
No. 110
Odisha [India]
 2
No. 111
Puebla [Mexico]
 2
No. 112
Puerto Rican mainland [Puerto Rico]
 2
No. 113
Rajasthan [India]
 2
No. 114
Rennell [Solomon Islands]
 2
No. 115
Rio Grande do Sul [Brazil]
 2
No. 116
Russia
 2
No. 117
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
 2
No. 118
Salawati [Indonesia]
 2
No. 119
Sangir [Indonesia]
 2
No. 120
Sangir Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 121
Santa Catarina [Brazil]
 2
No. 122
Santa Cruz Islands [Solomon Islands]
 2
No. 123
Saudi Arabia
 2
No. 124
Solomon Archipelago [Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands]
 2
No. 125
Solomon Islands
 2
No. 126
Sonora [Mexico]
 2
No. 127
Sudan
 2
No. 128
Supiori [Indonesia]
 2
No. 129
Tajikistan
 2
No. 130
Talaud Islands [Indonesia]
 2
No. 131
Tamil Nadu [India]
 2
No. 132
Togo
 2
No. 133
Uttar Pradesh [India]
 2
No. 134
Uttarakhand [India]
 2
No. 135
Uzbekistan
 2
No. 136
West Bengal [India]
 2
No. 137
Western New Guinea [Indonesia]
 2
No. 138
Xinjiang [China]
 2
No. 139
Yapen [Indonesia]
 2
No. 140
Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 141
Albania
 1
No. 142
Algeria
 1
No. 143
Ambon [Indonesia]
 1
No. 144
American Samoa [USA]
 1
No. 145
Argo-Saronic Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 146
Armenia
 1
No. 147
Azerbaijan
 1
No. 148
Bahrain
 1
No. 149
Baja California Norte [Mexico]
 1
No. 150
Baja California Sur [Mexico]
 1
No. 151
Banda Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 152
Bangladesh
 1
No. 153
Barbareta [Honduras]
 1
No. 154
Belize
 1
No. 155
Bellona [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 156
Bihar [India]
 1
No. 157
Bioko [Equatorial Guinea]
 1
No. 158
Boano [Indonesia]
 1
No. 159
Bougainville [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 160
British Columbia [Canada]
 1
No. 161
British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom]
 1
No. 162
Bulgaria
 1
No. 163
Burkina Faso
 1
No. 164
Cabinda [Angola]
 1
No. 165
Caicos Islands [Turks & Caicos Islands]
 1
No. 166
Campeche [Mexico]
 1
No. 167
Canada
 1
No. 168
Cayo Cochino Major [Honduras]
 1
No. 169
Cayo Cochino Pequeno [Honduras]
 1
No. 170
Cayos Cochinos [Honduras]
 1
No. 171
Chihuahua [Mexico]
 1
No. 172
Choiseul [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 173
Colima [Mexico]
 1
No. 174
Conception Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 175
Conception Island [Bahamas]
 1
No. 176
Congo-Brazzaville
 1
No. 177
Congo-Kinshasa
 1
No. 178
Corfu [Greece]
 1
No. 179
Crooked-Acklins Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 180
Cuba
 1
No. 181
Culebra [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 182
Cyclades Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 183
Deboyne Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 184
Delhi [India]
 1
No. 185
d'Entrecasteaux Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 186
Djibouti
 1
No. 187
Dodecanese Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 188
Dominica
 1
No. 189
Durango [Mexico]
 1
No. 190
El Salvador
 1
No. 191
Equatorial Guinea
 1
No. 192
Eritrea
 1
No. 193
European Turkey [Turkey]
 1
No. 194
Exuma Cays [Bahamas]
 1
No. 195
Fergusson [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 196
Fiji
 1
No. 197
Gabon
 1
No. 198
Gambia
 1
No. 199
Gau [Fiji]
 1
No. 200
Georgia
 1
No. 201
Goodenough [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 202
Gorgona Island [Colombia]
 1
No. 203
Gorong Archipelago [Indonesia]
 1
No. 204
Grande Terre (New Caledonia) [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 205
Great Inagua [Bahamas]
 1
No. 206
Great Inagua Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 207
Greece
 1
No. 208
Greek mainland [Greece]
 1
No. 209
Grenada
 1
No. 210
Grenada Island [Grenada]
 1
No. 211
Grenadines [Grenada / Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 212
Guadalcanal [Solomon Islands]
 1
No. 213
Guanaja [Honduras]
 1
No. 214
Guanajuato [Mexico]
 1
No. 215
Guinea
 1
No. 216
Halmahera [Indonesia]
 1
No. 217
Haruku [Indonesia]
 1
No. 218
Hidalgo [Mexico]
 1
No. 219
Idaho [USA]
 1
No. 220
Ile a Vache [Haiti]
 1
No. 221
Ionian Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 222
Isla Angel de la Guarda [Mexico]
 1
No. 223
Isla Cedros [Mexico]
 1
No. 224
Isla Cerralvo [Mexico]
 1
No. 225
Isla de la Juventud [Cuba]
 1
No. 226
Isla Espiritu Santo [Mexico]
 1
No. 227
Isla Grande del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 1
No. 228
Isla Pequena del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 1
No. 229
Isla San Jose [Mexico]
 1
No. 230
Isla San Marcos [Mexico]
 1
No. 231
Islas de la Bahia [Honduras]
 1
No. 232
Islas del Maiz [Nicaragua]
 1
No. 233
Islas Marias [Mexico]
 1
No. 234
Israel
 1
No. 235
Italy
 1
No. 236
Jalisco [Mexico]
 1
No. 237
Jamaica
 1
No. 238
Jharkhand [India]
 1
No. 239
Jordan
 1
No. 240
Kenya
 1
No. 241
Kuwait
 1
No. 242
Kyrgyzstan
 1
No. 243
Lau Islands [Fiji]
 1
No. 244
Liberia
 1
No. 245
Libya
 1
No. 246
Lifou [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 247
Little Bahama Bank [Bahamas]
 1
No. 248
Lomaiviti Islands [Fiji]
 1
No. 249
Los Negros Island [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 250
Louisiade Archipelago [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 251
Loyalty Islands [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 252
Macedonia
 1
No. 253
Mali
 1
No. 254
Mare [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 255
Maria Cleofas [Mexico]
 1
No. 256
Maria Madre [Mexico]
 1
No. 257
Maria Magdalena [Mexico]
 1
No. 258
Mauritania
 1
No. 259
Mexico state [Mexico]
 1
No. 260
Mexico state [Mexico]
 1
No. 261
Michoacan [Mexico]
 1
No. 262
Misima [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 263
Mona [Puerto Rico]
 1
No. 264
Mongolia
 1
No. 265
Montana [USA]
 1
No. 266
Morelos [Mexico]
 1
No. 267
Morocco
 1
No. 268
Mujeres [Mexico]
 1
No. 269
Mussau [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 270
Nayarit [Mexico]
 1
No. 271
Nevada [USA]
 1
No. 272
New Caledonia [France]
 1
No. 273
Normanby [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 274
North Aegean Islands [Greece]
 1
No. 275
North Solomon Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 276
Nosy Hara [Madagascar]
 1
No. 277
Oman
 1
No. 278
Oregon [USA]
 1
No. 279
Ouvea [New Caledonia]
 1
No. 280
Palau
 1
No. 281
Palestine [Israel]
 1
No. 282
Panaeati [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 283
Peloponnese [Greece]
 1
No. 284
Providencia [Colombia]
 1
No. 285
Punjab [India]
 1
No. 286
Qatar
 1
No. 287
Queretaro [Mexico]
 1
No. 288
Quintana Roo [Mexico]
 1
No. 289
Rambutyo [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 290
Rio Muni [Equatorial Guinea]
 1
No. 291
Roatan [Honduras]
 1
No. 292
Romania
 1
No. 293
Rossel [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 294
Rotuma [Fiji]
 1
No. 295
Saint Lucia
 1
No. 296
Saint Matthias Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 297
Saint Vincent [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 298
San Andres [Colombia]
 1
No. 299
San Andres, Providencia & Santa Catalina [Colombia]
 1
No. 300
San Luis Potosi [Mexico]
 1
No. 301
Saparua [Indonesia]
 1
No. 302
Senegal
 1
No. 303
Seram [Indonesia]
 1
No. 304
Sicily [Italy]
 1
No. 305
Sierra Leone
 1
No. 306
Sinai [Egypt]
 1
No. 307
Sinaloa [Mexico]
 1
No. 308
South Sudan
 1
No. 309
Sri Lanka
 1
No. 310
Sudest [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 311
Sulawesi [Indonesia]
 1
No. 312
Syria
 1
No. 313
Tabasco [Mexico]
 1
No. 314
Tamaulipas [Mexico]
 1
No. 315
Tanimbar Islands [Indonesia]
 1
No. 316
Tanzania
 1
No. 317
Ternate [Indonesia]
 1
No. 318
Tidore [Indonesia]
 1
No. 319
Trobriand Islands [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 320
Tunisia
 1
No. 321
Turkey
 1
No. 322
Turks & Caicos Islands
 1
No. 323
Turks Islands [Turks & Caicos Islands]
 1
No. 324
U.S. Virgin Islands [USA]
 1
No. 325
Union Island [Saint Vincent & the Grenadines]
 1
No. 326
United Arab Emirates
 1
No. 327
Uruguay
 1
No. 328
Utah [USA]
 1
No. 329
Utila [Honduras]
 1
No. 330
Vanua Levu [Fiji]
 1
No. 331
Vanuatu
 1
No. 332
Veracruz [Mexico]
 1
No. 333
Viti Levu [Fiji]
 1
No. 334
Waigeo [Indonesia]
 1
No. 335
Wallis & Futuna [France]
 1
No. 336
Washington [USA]
 1
No. 337
Western Samoa
 1
No. 338
Woodlark [Papua New Guinea]
 1
No. 339
Wyoming [USA]
 1
No. 340
Yamdena [Indonesia]
 1
No. 341
Yemen
 1
No. 342
Yemeni mainland [Yemen]
 1
No. 343
Yucatan [Mexico]
 1
No. 344
Zacatecas [Mexico]
 1