Exiliboa

Exiliboa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Ungaliophiinae
Genus: Exiliboa
Bogert, 1968
Species:
E. placata
Binomial name
Exiliboa placata
Bogert, 1968
Synonyms[1]
  • Exiloboa [sic] placata
    Myers, 1974
    (ex errore)
Common names: Oaxacan dwarf boa.

Exiliboa is a monotypic genus[2] created for the non-venomous dwarf boa species Exiliboa placata, which is endemic to southern Mexico. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

  1. ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  2. ^ "Exiliboa ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  3. ^ "Exiliboa placata ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.