Boa constrictor atlantica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Boa
Species: Boa constrictor
Subspecies:

Boa constrictor atlantica Gonzalez, Lima, Passos & Silva, 2024

Holotype: MNRJ 27242, adult ♂, collected by Sergeant Marco Aurélio da Silva on 13 September 2019.
Type locality: “Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Fundação Osório, Rio Comprido, Rua Paula Ramos, 52 (22°56′03.0″S 43°12′36.9″W, datum WGS84; 93 m above sea level)”.

Boa atlantica Gonzalez, Lima, Passos & Silva, 2024: 10 [original combination]
Boa constrictor atlantica — Reynolds, 2025 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]

Gonzalez, R.C., Bezerra de Lima, L.C., Passos, P. & Silva, M.J.J. 2024. The good, the bad and the boa: An unexpected new species of a true boa revealed by morphological and molecular evidence. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0298159. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298159 Reference page.
Reynolds, R.G. 2025. More South American Boas? A Comment on Boa atlantica and B. occidentalis. Zootaxa 5588(4): 594–598. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5588.4.7 Reference page.