Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Sanziniinae
Genus: Acrantophis
Species: Acrantophis sloppi

Name

Acrantophis sloppi Hoser, 2013: 6

  • Original genus: Acrantophis Jan, 1863
  • Original status: Valid species
  • Primary type: Holotype
    • Fixation: Designated
    • Description:
    • Repository: FMNH 109900
  • Type locality: 'Toliara (Formerly Tulear), Madagascar, 23.3500° S, 43.6667° E'
  • ZooBank: [No record]

References

  • Hoser, R.T. 2013: Tidying up the taxonomy of the extant Booidea, including the erection and naming of two new families, the description of Acrantophis sloppi sp. nov ., a new species of ground boa from Madagascar and Candoia aspera iansimpsoni, subsp. nov ., a new subspecies of Boa from Papua New Guinea. Australasian journal of herpetology 16: 3–8. Full article (PDF) Reference page.  [See p. 6; original description]
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