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Boidae
Gray, 1825
- pythons and boas
(reptile)
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Entity:
Booidea (Superfamily)
..Calabariidae (Family)
..Candoiidae (Family)
..Charinidae (Family)
..Erycidae (Family)
..Sanziniidae (Family)
..Boidae (Family) - pythons and boas
....Boa (Genus)
....Chilabothrus (Genus)
....Corallus (Genus)
....Epicrates (Genus)
....Eunectes (Genus)
....†Titanoboa (Genus)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Reptilia
-
(Order)
Squamata
Phylogeny
Possibly Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2013
: 38.
[implicit]
Subsequent entries
Candoiinae
(Subfamily)
Pyron, Burbrink & Wiens, 2013
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2013
: 45.
Current position
Booidea
(Superfamily)
Gray, 1825
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2014
: table 1 (p. 251).
Alternative positions
Afrophidia
([unranked])
Vidal, Delmas & Hedges, 2007
Ref:
N. Vidal et al., 2009
: fig. 2.
Henophidia
([unranked])
Hoffstetter, 1939
Ref:
A. Figueroa et al., 2016
: fig. 1.
Henophidia
(Infraorder)
Hoffstetter, 1939
Ref:
J. Coborn, 1994
Henophidia
(Superfamily)
Hoffstetter, 1939
Serpentes
(Suborder)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985
: 46.
Serpentes
([unranked])
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2013
: fig. 1.
Historical positions
Henophidia
([unranked])
Hoffstetter, 1939
Ref:
A. Figueroa et al., 2016
: table 1 (p. 4), fig. 1.
Booidea
(Superfamily)
Gray, 1825
Ref:
V. Wallach et al., 2014
: table I.2 (p. xi).
Booidea
(Superfamily)
Gray, 1825
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2014
: 256, table 1 (p. 251).
Serpentes
([unranked])
Ref:
R.A. Pyron et al., 2013
: 47, fig. 1.
Afrophidia
([unranked])
Vidal, Delmas & Hedges, 2007
Ref:
N. Vidal & S.B. Hedges, 2009
: fig. 4.
Afrophidia
([unranked])
Vidal, Delmas & Hedges, 2007
Ref:
N. Vidal et al., 2009
: fig. 2.
Serpentes
(Suborder)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
1998
Henophidia
(Superfamily)
Hoffstetter, 1939
Ref:
P. Uetz, [1995-]1996
: 30 Dec 1996.
Serpentes
(Suborder)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
1995
Booidea
(Superfamily)
Gray, 1825
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 618.
Serpentes
(Suborder)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
H.-P. Schultze et al., 1985
: 46.
Booidea
(Superfamily)
Gray, 1825
Ref:
W.E. Duellman, 1982
: 964.
Booidea
(Superfamily)
Gray, 1825
Ref:
O. Rieppel, 1979
: 148.
Serpentes
(Suborder)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Henophidia
(Infraorder)
Hoffstetter, 1939
Ref:
B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Number of Subtaxa
2024
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
5g;32s;10ss; †1g;1s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 16 Oct 2016
[5g;32s]
2014
R.A. Pyron et al.
: table 1 (p. 252)
[5g;29s]
2013
R.A. Pyron et al.
: 47
[12g]
[1995-]2000
P. Uetz
64s
1982
W.E. Duellman
: 964
2sf;[18g;58s]
1979
T.I. Storer et al.
~80s
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1 Feb 2024