Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
April 8th, 2025.
 
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Genus
Bolyeria
(extinct)
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Round Island Boa
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Round Island-Boa, (Mauritiusboa)
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Round Island-boa
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1842 |  |
Bolyeria Gray (type species: Tortrix pseudoeryx Schlegel 1837) |
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1843 | |
Uroleptes Fitzinger (type species: Tortrix pseudoeryx Schlegel 1837) |
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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% .gif) 100%
Distribution:
As for the single species.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Bolyeria.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Bolyeria multocarinata
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Round Island Boa, Round Island Burrowing Boa
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Round Island-Boa, (Mauritiusboa)
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Round Island-boa
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Eryx Multocarinata Boie |
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Platygaster multicarinatus [unjustified emendation] Duméril & Bibron 1844 |
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Bolyeria multicarinata [unjustified emendation] Gray 1849 |
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Tortrix pseudoeryx Schlegel (Stimson 1969) |
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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.
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