Boinae 5293299 225870286 2008-07-15T20:01:15Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[zh:蚺亞科]] {{Taxobox | name = Boinae | image = Boa constrictor (2).jpg | image_caption = Boa constrictor, ''[[Boa constrictor|Boa&nbsp;constrictor]]'' | regnum = [[Animalia]] | phylum = [[Chordata]] | subphylum = [[Vertebrata]] | classis = [[Reptilia]] | ordo = [[Squamata]] | subordo = [[Serpentes]] | familia = [[Boidae]] | subfamilia = '''Boinae''' | subfamilia_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825 | synonyms = * Boina - Gray, 1825 * Aproterodontes - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 * Boaeides - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 * Boinae - Boulenger, 1890<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref> }} :'''''Common names:''' boas.'' The '''Boinae''' are a [[Subfamily (biology)|subfamily]] of non-venomous [[Boidae|boa]]s found in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], [[Africa]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. Five [[Genus|genera]] comprising 28 [[species]] are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=634391|taxon=Boinae|year=2008|date=8 July}}</ref> ==Geographic range== Found in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], [[Africa]], [[Madagascar]], [[Reunion Island]], [[Mauritius]], the [[Maluku Islands]] and [[New Guinea]].<ref name="McD99"/> ==Genera== {|cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;" !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Genus<ref name="ITIS"/> !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Authority<ref name="ITIS"/> !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species<ref name="ITIS"/> !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Subsp.*<ref name="ITIS"/> !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name<ref name="ITIS"/> !bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range<ref name="McD99"/> |- |''[[Boa (genus)|Boa]]''<font size="-1"><sup>T</sup></font> |[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|9 |Boas |style="width:40%"|[[Mexico]], [[Central America]], [[South America]], [[Madagascar]] and on [[Reunion Island]]. |- |''[[Candoia]]'' |[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1842 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|2 |Bevel-nosed boas |from [[Samoa]] and [[Tokelau]] west through [[Melanesia]] to [[New Guinea]] and the [[Maluku Islands]]. |- |''[[Corallus]]'' |[[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1803 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|2 |Neotropical tree boas |Central America, South America and the [[West Indies]]. In Central America they occur in [[Honduras]], eastern [[Guatemala]] through [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]]. Its range in South America includes Pacific [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]], as well as the [[Amazon Basin]] from Colombia, Ecuador, [[Peru]] and northern [[Bolivia]] through [[Brazil]] to [[Venezuela]], [[Isla Margarita]], [[Trinidad]], [[Tobago]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]] and [[French Guiana]]. In the West Indies it is found on [[St. Vincent]], the [[Grenadines]] (Bequia Island, Ile Quatre, [[Baliceaux]], [[Mustique]], [[Canouan]], Maryeau, [[Union Island]], [[Petit Martinique]] and [[Carriacou]]), [[Grenada]] and the [[Windward Islands]] ([[Lesser Antilles]]). |- |''[[Epicrates (genus)|Epicrates]]'' |[[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1830 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|21 |Rainbow boas |Lower Central America through South America as far south as [[Argentina]], as well as in the West Indies. |- |''[[Eunectes]]'' |Wagler, 1830 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1 |Anacondas |Tropical South America from Colombia and Venezuela south to Argentina. |- |} ''*) Not including the nominate subspecies.''<br> <font size="-1"><sup>T</sup></font>) [[Type genus]].<ref name="McD99"/> ==Taxonomy== Some sources also include the genera ''Acrantophis'' and ''Sanzinia'', which are synonymized here with the genus ''[[Boa (genus)|Boa]]''. ==See also== * [[List of boine species and subspecies]] * {{c|Boinae by common name}} * {{c|Boinae by taxonomic synonyms}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== <div class="references-small"> * Kluge AG. 1991. Boine Snake Phylogeny and Research Cycles. Misc. Pub. Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan No. 178. [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/56422/1/MP178.pdf PDF] at [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/ University of Michigan Library]. Accessed [[8 July]] [[2008]]. </div> ==External links== {{Commons|Boinae}} * [http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Boinae_Subfamily.asp Boinae] at [http://zipcodezoo.com/ ZipcodeZoo.com]. Accessed [[14 July]] [[2008]]. [[Category:Boinae]] [[de:Boas]] [[fr:Boinae]] [[hr:Udavke]] [[nl:Boinae]] [[ja:ボア亜科]] [[pl:Boa (podrodzina)]] [[ru:Удавы]] [[zh:蚺亞科]]