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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| image = Pseudoboa neuwiedii.jpg
| image = Pseudoboa neuwiedii.jpg
| image_caption = [[Pseudoboa neuwiedii]]
| image_caption = ''[[Pseudoboa neuwiedii]]''
| taxon = Pseudoboa
| taxon = Pseudoboa
| authority = [[Johann Gottlob Schneider|Schneider]], 1801
| authority = [[Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider|Schneider]], 1801
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
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'''''Pseudoboa''''' is a [[genus]] of [[snake]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Colubridae]]. The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[South America]].<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL genus|genus=Pseudoboa}}.</ref>
'''''Pseudoboa''''', the '''false boas''', is a [[genus]] of [[snake]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Colubridae]]. The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[South America]].<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL genus|genus=Pseudoboa}}.</ref>


==Species==
==Species==
The genus ''Pseudoboa'' contains six [[species]] which are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB/>
The genus ''Pseudoboa'' contains six [[species]] which are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB/>
*''[[Pseudoboa coronata]]'' {{small|[[Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider|Schneider]], 1801}}
*''[[Pseudoboa coronata]]'' {{small|[[Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider|Schneider]], 1801}} - crowned false boa
*''[[Pseudoboa haasi]]'' {{small|([[Oskar Boettger|Boettger]], 1905)}}
*''[[Pseudoboa haasi]]'' {{small|([[Oskar Boettger|Boettger]], 1905)}} - Paraná false boa
*''[[Pseudoboa martinsi]]'' {{small|[[Hussam Zaher|Zaher]], [[Maria Ermelinda do Espírito Santo Oliveira|Oliveira]] & [[Francisco Luis Franco|Franco]], 2008}}
*''[[Pseudoboa martinsi]]'' {{small|[[Hussam Zaher|Zaher]], [[Maria Ermelinda do Espírito Santo Oliveira|Oliveira]] & [[Francisco Luis Franco|Franco]], 2008}}
*''[[Pseudoboa neuwiedii]]'' {{small|([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854)}}
*''[[Pseudoboa neuwiedii]]'' {{small|([[André Marie Constant Duméril|A.M.C. Duméril]], [[Gabriel Bibron|Bibron]] & [[Auguste Duméril|A.H.A. Duméril]], 1854)}} - dark-headed red false boa, Neuwied's false boa
*''[[Pseudoboa nigra]]'' {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)}}
*''[[Pseudoboa nigra]]'' {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)}} - black false boa
*''[[Pseudoboa serrana]]'' {{small|[[Sérgio Augusto Abrahão Morato|Morato]], [[Julio Cesar de Moura Leite|Moura-Leite]], [[Ana Lúcia da Costa Prudente|Prudente]] & [[Renato Silveira Bérnils|Bérnils]], 1995}}
*''[[Pseudoboa serrana]]'' {{small|[[Sérgio Augusto Abrahão Morato|Morato]], [[Julio Cesar de Moura Leite|Moura-Leite]], [[Ana Lúcia da Costa Prudente|Prudente]] & [[Renato Silveira Bérnils|Bérnils]], 1995}}


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==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[:es:Marcos Abraham Freiberg|Freiberg M]] (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Genus ''Pseudoboa'', p.&nbsp;107).
*[[Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider|Schneider JG]] (1801). ''Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae Fasciculus Secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas, Pseudoboas, Elaps, Angues, Amphisbaenas et Caecilias.'' Jena: F. Frommann. vi + 374 pp. + Plates I-II. (''Pseudoboa'', new genus, p.&nbsp;281). (in Latin, with some French in ''Addenda'').


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[[Category:Colubrids|Pseudoboa]]
[[Category:Pseudoboa]]
[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Snake genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider]]




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Latest revision as of 23:40, 17 January 2024

Pseudoboa
Pseudoboa neuwiedii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Pseudoboa
Schneider, 1801

Pseudoboa, the false boas, is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.[1]

Species[edit]

The genus Pseudoboa contains six species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudoboa.

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Pseudoboa, p. 107).
  • Schneider JG (1801). Historiae Amphibiorum naturalis et literariae Fasciculus Secundus continens Crocodilos, Scincos, Chamaesauras, Boas, Pseudoboas, Elaps, Angues, Amphisbaenas et Caecilias. Jena: F. Frommann. vi + 374 pp. + Plates I-II. (Pseudoboa, new genus, p. 281). (in Latin, with some French in Addenda).