Boinae

The Boinae are a purported subfamily of boas found in Central and South America, as well as the West Indies.^[1] In the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Boinae is considered an invalid synonym of Boidae.^[2]

Boinae Temporal range: Paleocene to recent
Boa constrictor (Boa constrictor)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Subfamily:	Boinae Gray, 1825
Synonyms
Boina - Gray, 1825 Aproterodontes - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Boaeides - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Boinae - Boulenger, 1890[1]

Genera

Subfamily Boinae -- 5 genera
Genus	Taxon author	Species	Subsp.*	Common name	Geographic range[1]
†Bavarioboa	Szyndlar and Schleich, 1993	1	0	Asian boas	Europe and Asia, no specific date is known for the formation, biocorelation L.Oligcente to E. Miocene[3]
BoaT	Linnaeus, 1758	5	4	red-tailed boas	Mexico, Central America and South America
Chilabothrus	Duméril & Bibron, 1844	14	4	West Indian boas or Greater Antillean boas	the West Indies
Corallus	Daudin, 1803	9	1	neotropical tree boas	Central 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).
Epicrates	Wagler, 1830	5	4	rainbow boas	Lower Central America through South America as far south as Argentina
Eunectes	Wagler, 1830	4	0	anacondas	tropical South America from Colombia and Venezuela south to Argentina
†Titanoboa	Head et al., 2009	1	0	n/a	Fossils 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.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genera Acrantophis and Sanzinia were erroneously synonymized with the genus Boa by Kluge in 1991.^[4] These have now been transferred to the resurrected subfamily Sanziniinae.^[5][6] The genus Candoia has similarly been transferred to its own subfamily, Candoiinae.^[6]

See also

• List of boine species and subspecies