Boinae

Boinae
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

The Boinae are a subfamily of boas found in Central and South America as well as the West Indies. Four genera comprising 24 species are currently recognized.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
^T) Type genus.

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.

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