Round Island burrowing boa
Round Island burrowing boa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Superfamily: | Bolyerioidea |
Family: | Bolyeriidae |
Genus: | †Bolyeria Gray, 1842 |
Species: | †B. multocarinata
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Binomial name | |
†Bolyeria multocarinata (F. Boie, 1827)
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Synonyms | |
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The Round Island burrowing boa (Bolyeria multocarinata)
Description
B. multocarinata reached about 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in total length (including tail). Preserved specimens have been reported as having total lengths of 54–140 cm (1.77–4.59 ft). Its colour was described as light brown with blackish spots
Geographic range
The Round Island burrowing boa had an extremely small range of only 1.5 square kilometres (0.58 sq mi). Its habitats were hardwood forests and palm savanna. In the past it was found in
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of B. multocarinata was forest.[1]
Diet
The diet of B. multocarinata is unknown, but it is thought to have eaten lizards and their eggs, as well as the chicks and eggs of ground-nesting and burrowing seabirds.[1]
Reproduction
B. multocarinata was oviparous.[7] Clutch size was about five eggs.[1]
Conservation status
The species Bolyeria multocarinata is classified as Extinct (EX) on the
References
- ^ . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ ISBN 1-893777-01-4(volume).
- ^ "Bolyeria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 August 2007.
- ^ "Bolyeria multocarinata". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 August 2007.
- ^ ISBN 0-670-27987-0
- ^ Bolyeria multocarinata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boie F (1827). "Bemerkungen über Merrem's Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. 1te Lieferung: Ophidier ". Isis von Oken, Jena 20: 508–566. ("Eryx Multocarinata", new species, p. 513). (in German).
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Genus Bolieria, pp. 121–122; species Bolieria multicarinata, p. 122).
- Gray JE (1842). "Synopsis of the species of prehensile-tailed Snakes, or Family BOIDÆ". Zoological Miscellany 2: 41–46. (Bolyeria, new genus, p. 46).
- Jan [G] (1864). Iconographie générale des Ophidiens. Troisième livraison [=Thirteenth issue]. [Illustrations by Sordelli]. Paris: Baillière. Index + Plates I-VI. (Platygaster multicarinatus, Plate III). (in French).