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This page should be merged with or redirected to boa
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Here is a link to a page with a picture of a snake eating a pig: http://www.kinshi.com.ar/posteos/cerdo_serpiente.html . Can someone tell me what happens to the bones? (posted to article by 138.25.2.22, later moved here)
As I was fixing links I noticed this one. It properly redirects to Dominica and not Dominican Republic per this site. Just a note. Dekimasu 10:58, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
At the top of the article, it says that The largest extant member of this group is the boa constrictor
; this means that there are at least one other extant species. On the other hand, the article says that Boa is a monotypic genus, represented by the species Boa constrictor
; this means that, to the best of scientific knowledge, there were never any other members of this genus. Which is correct? עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 06:43, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
Boa Constrictor Imperator has recently been elevated to species status, with Sabogae and Longicauda as subspecies. That leaves the Amarali, Constrictor, Nebulosa, Occidentalis, and Orpheus as subspecies of the Boa Constrictor.
These things aren't absolute sciences, but splitting Boa Constrictor into BC and BI does seem to be universally accepted. Subspecies of these may be a different matter.
"There is interesting information for boa constrictor keepers! They are in family Boinae and subspecies of boa constrictor B. c. imperator are now species Boa imperator." http://arborealmonsters.blogspot.com/2014/10/boas-classification.html
"Boa imperator was formerly one of six recognized subspecies of the large constricting snake B. constrictor, but has been elevated to species status as B. imperator, occurring west of the Andes Mountains from Ecuador in northwestern South America northwards to Mexico in North America, and including the two subspecies B. c. longicauda and B. c. sabogae (although this recent change has not been universally accepted)." https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/112730
In short. The Boa genus should include two species. Constrictor and Imperator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.253.73.146 (talk) 10:41, 18 September 2018 (UTC)