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 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.