Uetz, P. & Jirí Hosek (eds.), The Reptile Database, (http://www.reptile-database.org)
Reference for:
Boa constrictor orophias
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McDiarmid, Roy W., Jonathan A. Campbell, and T'Shaka A. Touré
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-07-02 / 1999-07-02
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1
Page(s):
xi + 511
Publisher:
The Herpetologists' League
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-893777-01-4/1-893777-00-6
Notes:
Reference for:
Boa constrictor orophias
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Pyron, R. Alexander, R. Graham Reynolds, and Frank T. Burbrink
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2014-08-01 / 2014-08-01
Article/Chapter Title:
A Taxonomic Revision of Boas (Serpentes: Boidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zootaxa, vol. 3846, no. 2
Page(s):
249-260
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1175-5334
Notes:
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.5; available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2014/3846%282%29.html
Reference for:
Boa constrictor orophias
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Reynolds, R. Graham, Matthew L. Niemiller, and Liam J. Revell
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2014-02-01 / 2014-02-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: Multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 71
Page(s):
201-213
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1055-7903
Notes:
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011; available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011
Reference for:
Boa constrictor orophias
Boa constrictor orophias: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Boa constrictor orophias: Comments
Comment:
As of late 2014, it appears that some subspecies and synonyms under Boa constrictor Linnaeus 1758 may need to be split out and allocated to one or more separate species. For example, there are indications that Boa constrictor imperator Daudin 1803 may represent a separate species, possibly to contain all the Central American representatives; however, until more complete sampling and analysis (and examination of type specimens) have been completed, it remains unclear which subspecies and synonyms would belong under the proposed species Boa imperator (or other species?), and which would remain under Boa constrictor. Pending further published work on these issues, ITIS is following the Reptile Database in retaining these all under Boa constrictor. See also Reynolds et al. (2014) and Pyron et al. (2014)