Round Island boa

Round Island boa
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Bolyerioidea
Family: Bolyeriidae
Genus: Casarea
Gray, 1842
Species:
C. dussumieri
Binomial name
Casarea dussumieri
(Schlegel, 1837)
Synonyms

Genus:

Species:

  • Boa dussumiri
    Schlegel, 1837
    (typographical error)
  • Boa Dussumieri
    Schlegel, 1837
  • Boa Dussumieri
    — Gray, 1842
  • Casarea dussumieri
    — Gray, 1842
  • Leptoboa dussumieri
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Casarea dussumieri
    — Boulenger, 1893[3]

The Round Island boa (Casarea dussumieri),[4] also known commonly as the Round Island keel-scaled boa[1] and the Round Island ground boa,[1] is a species of nonvenomous snake in the monotypic genus Casarea in the family Bolyeriidae.[5][6] The species is endemic to Round Island, Mauritius. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4][6]

  1. ^ a b c Cole, N.; Hector, A.; Roopa, P.; Mootoocurpen, R.; Goder, M. (2018). "Casarea dussumieri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T3989A152276140. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T3989A152276140.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré TA (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).
  4. ^ a b "Casarea dussumieri ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
  5. ^ "Casarea Gray, 1842". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  6. ^ a b Casarea dussumieri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 March 2015.