Boiga
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Boiga
Species (37):
B. andamanensis –
B. angulata –
B. barnesii –
B. beddomei –
B. bengkuluensis –
B. bourreti –
B. ceylonensis –
B. cyanea –
B. cynodon –
B. dendrophila –
B. dightoni –
B. drapiezii –
B. flaviviridis –
B. forsteni –
B. gocool –
B. guangxiensis –
B. hoeseli –
B. irregularis –
B. jaspidea –
B. kraepelini –
B. melanota –
B. multifasciata –
B. multomaculata –
B. nigriceps –
B. nuchalis –
B. philippina –
B. quincunciata –
B. ranawanei –
B. saengsomi –
B. schultzei –
B. siamensis –
B. stoliczkae –
B. tanahjampeana –
B. thackerayi –
B. trigonata –
B. wallachi –
B. westermanni –
B. whitakeri
Name
[edit]Boiga Fitzinger, 1826: 29, 60 [conserved name]
- Type species: Coluber irregularis Bechstein, 1802, by subsequent designation by Cope (1860: 264).
- Gender: feminine.
- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1374 (1986: 25).
Synonyms
[edit]- Ibiba Gray, 1825: 129 [suppressed name]
- Type species: Coluber irregularis Bechstein, 1802, by monotypy.
- Placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1374 (1986: 25).
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Gray, J.E. 1825. A synopsis of the genera of reptiles and Amphibia, with a description of some new species. Annals of Philosophy 10: 193–217. BHL Reference page.
- Fitzinger, L. 1826. Neue Classification der Reptilien nach ihren natürlichen Verwandtschaften. Nebst einer Verwandtschafts-Tafel und einem Verzeichnisse der Reptilien-Sammlung des K. K. zoologischen Museum's zu Wien. J.G. Hübner: Wien. vii + 66 pp. BHL Reference page.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1986. Opinion 1374. Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 43(1): 25–26. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Ramadhan, G., Iskandar, D.T. & Subasri, D.R. 2010. New Species of Cat Snake (Serpentes: Colubridae) Morphologically Similar to Boiga cynodon from the Nusa Tenggara Islands, Indonesia. Asian Herpetological Research 1(1): 22–30. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2010.00022 ResearchGate Reference page.
- Vogel, G. & Ganesh, S.R. 2013. A new species of cat snake (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae: Boiga) from dry forests of eastern Peninsular India. Zootaxa 3637(2): 158–168. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.2.6 Reference page.
- Giri, V.B., Deepak, V., Captain, A., Pawar, S. & Tillack, F. 2019. A New Species of Boiga Fitzinger, 1826 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from The Northern Western Ghats of India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 116: 1–11. DOI: 10.17087/jbnhs/2019/v116/144901 Reference page.
- Ganesh, S.R., Achyuthan, N.S., Chandramouli, S.R. & Vogel, G. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the Boiga ceylonensis group (Serpentes: Colubridae): re-examination of type specimens, redefinition of nominate taxa and an updated key. Zootaxa 4779(3): 301–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.3.1 Reference page.
- Ganesh, S.R., Mallik, A.K., Achyuthan, N.S., Shanker, K. & Vogel, G. 2021. A new species of Boiga (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Southern Western Ghats of India with a molecular phylogeny and expanded characterisation of related species. Zootaxa 4981(3): 449–468. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.3.2 Reference page.
- Ganesh, S.R., Samarawickrama, V.A.M.P.K., Urs, A.J., Srikanthan, A.N. & Adhikari, O.D. 2022. Resurrection of Boiga ranawanei Samarawickrama, Samarawickrama, Wijesena et Orlov, 2005, with Expanded Descriptions and Species Distribution Modelling of Some Indian Taxa of the B. ceylonensis Group (Reptilia: Colubridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 29(6): 341–354. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2022-29-6-341-354 Reference page.
- Köhler, G., Charunrochana, P.T., Mogk, L., Than, N.L., Kurniawan, N., Kadafi, A.M., Das, A., Tillack, F. & O’Shea, M. 2023. A taxonomic revision of Boiga multomaculata (Boie, 1827) and B. ochracea (Theobald, 1868), with the description of a new subspecies (Squamata, Serpentes, Colubridae). Zootaxa 5270(2): 151–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.2.1 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Boiga . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 April 2023.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Australasian Cat Snakes
日本語: オオガシラ属
မြန်မာဘာသာ: ကြောင်မြွေ
Türkçe: Mangrov yılanı