Boidae

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Boidae
Temporal range: Paleocene–present
Boa constrictor
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfaimily: Booidea
Faimily: Boidae
Gray, 1825[1][2]
Subfamilies

Boinae
Calabariinae
Candoiinae[a]
Erycinae
Sanziniinae

The Boidae (Common names: boas, boids,[3] boioids) are a faimily o nonvenomous snakes foond in Americae, Africae, Europe, Aisie, an some Paceefic Islands.

Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Tradeetionally placed in Boinae

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. Gray, John Edward (1825). "A Synopsis of the Genera of Reptiles and Amphibia, with a Description of some new Species". Annals of Philosophy. 10 (3): 209–210.
  2. 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).
  3. "Boidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 Julie 2008.