Common names: Mauritius snakes, Round Island boas, splitjaw snakes. The Bolyeriidae are a family of snakes native to Mauritius and a few islands around it...
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often called boas, mostly now considered subfamilies of Boidae]), and Bolyeriidae – Round Island splitjaw snakes. Because these snakes do not form a monophyletic...
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Recent molecular studies have also found the families Xenophidiidae and Bolyeriidae to be closely related to caenophidians, forming the sister group to Caenophidia...
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Round Island burrowing boa (category Bolyeriidae)
extinct species of snake, in the monotypic genus Bolyeria, in the family Bolyeriidae. The species, which was endemic to Mauritius, was last seen on Round...
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anacondas Subfamily Boinae Subfamily Erycinae – Old World sand boas Family Bolyeriidae – Mauritius snakes Family Colubridae – Colubrids, typical snakes Subfamily...
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Any member of Boa (genus), a group of boid snakes Any member of the Bolyeriidae, a.k.a. Round Island boas, a small family of non-venomous snakes from...
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Round Island boa (category Bolyeriidae)
species of nonvenomous snake in the monotypic genus Casarea in the family Bolyeriidae. The species is endemic to Round Island, Mauritius. No subspecies are...
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Sri Lanka, the Moluccas and New Guinea through to Melanesia and Samoa. Bolyeriidae Hoffstetter, 1946 2 2 Splitjaw snakes Mauritius. Colubridae Oppel, 1811...
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Southern District île Ronde, Mauritius, an islet on the coast of Mauritius Bolyeriidae, also known as the Round Island boas Round Island day gecko Round Island...
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