The Boinae are a purported subfamily of boas found in Central and South America, as well as the West Indies. In the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Boinae is considered an invalid synonym of Boidae.
Genera
Subfamily Boinae -- 5 generaGenusTaxon authorSpeciesSubsp.*Common nameGeographic rangeBavarioboaSzyndlar and Schleich, 199310Asian boasEurope and Asia, no specific date is known for the formation, biocorelation L.Oligcente to E. MioceneBoaTLinnaeus, 175854red-tailed boasMexico, Central America and South AmericaChilabothrusDuméril & Bibron, 1844144West Indian boas or Greater Antillean boasthe West IndiesCorallusDaudin, 180391neotropical tree boasCentral America, South America and the West Indies: in Central America, they occur in Honduras, eastern Guatemala through Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Their 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 and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana. In the West Indies, they are 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 (the Lesser Antilles).EpicratesWagler, 183054rainbow boasLower Central America through South America as far south as ArgentinaEunectesWagler, 183040anacondastropical South America from Colombia and Venezuela south to ArgentinaTitanoboaHead et al., 200910n/aFossils of 28 individuals were found in the Cerrejón Formation in Colombia, dating back to the Paleocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period, 60-58 mya. ) Not including the nominate subspecies. T) Type genus.
Taxonomy The genera Acrantophis and Sanzinia were erroneously synonymized with the genus Boa by Kluge in 1991. These have now been transferred to the resurrected subfamily Sanziniinae. The genus Candoia has similarly been transferred to its own subfamily, Candoiinae.
See also List of boine species and subspecies
References
Further reading
Kluge AG. 1991. Boine Snake Phylogeny and Research Cycles. Misc. Pub. Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan No. 178. PDF at University of Michigan Library. Accessed 8 July 2008.
External links
Boinae at ZipcodeZoo.com. Accessed 14 July 2008.