Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
April 8th, 2025.
 
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Genus
Acrantophis
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Madagascar Ground Boas
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Madagaskarboas
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Madagascar-jordboaer
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1844 |  |
Pelophilus Dumeril & Bibron [not Pelophilus Tschudi 1838 (Amphibia)] (type species: Pelophilus madagascariensis Dumeril & Bibron 1844) |
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Acrantophis Jan in Jan & Sordelli (type species: Acrantophis dumerili Jan 1860) |
Contents:
2 species, both of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Kluge (1991b) regarded Acrantophis and
Sanzinia as synonyms of
Boa, however, validity of both genera was demonstrated by Vences, Glaw, Kosuch, Böhme & Vieth (2001). Placed in a separate family, Sanziniidae, by Pyron, Reynolds & Burbrink (2014).
Distribution:
Madagascar
(incl.
Nosy Be).
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Acrantophis.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Acrantophis dumerili
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Western Madagascar Ground Boa, (Dumeril's Boa)
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Südliche Madagaskarboa
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Vestlig Madagascar-jordboa, (Dumerils Boa)
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Acrantophis Dumerili Jan |
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Boa dumerilii Boulenger 1893 |
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Acrantophis madagascariensis dumerili Stull 1935 |
Remarks:
Occurrence in Reunion in the Mascarene Islands (e.g., Guibe 1958; Stimson 1969; McDiarmid, Campbell & Touré 1999) has not been confirmed and is presumably erroneous (Wallach & Glaw 2009).
Distribution:
Madagascar.
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Acrantophis dumerili
© Rune Midtgaard
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Acrantophis madagascariensis
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Eastern Madagascar Ground Boa
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Nördliche Madagaskarboa
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Østlig Madagascar-jordboa
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Pelophilus madagascariensis Dumeril & Bibron |
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Boa madagascariensis Boulenger 1893 |
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Acrantophis madagascariensis Stull 1935 |
Distribution:
Madagascar
(incl.
Nosy Be).
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