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CORALLUS 



Corallus annulatus annulatus (Cope) 



1540 

 1957 



Boa annulata annulata j — Rendahl and Vestergren, Ark. for Zool., 33* (l)' 2. 



Corallus 



.[" nnu 



lata 



annulata — Peters, Amer. Mus. Novitates, I85I: 2. 



Distribution: Nicaragua to Colombia, 



Corallus annulatus blomberg i (Rendahl and Vestergren) 



1941 Boa annulata blombergi Rendahl and Vestergren, Ark. for Zool., 33A (5)' !■> figs. 6-7. 



Type-locality: R'o Zamora, eastern Ecuador. 

 1557 [ Corallus annulatus ] blomberg i — Peters, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 1851: 2. 



Distribution: Known only from type locality. 



Corallus annulatus colomb ianus (Rendahl and Vestergren) 



1540 Boa annulata colomb iana Rendahl and Vestergren, Ark. for Zool., 33* i^l' 2, fig. 1. 



Type-locality: Cabeceras, Choco, Colombia. 

 1557 Corallus annulata colomb iana — Peters, Amer. Mus. Novitates, I85I: 1. 



Distribution: Pacific lowlands of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. 



CORALLUS CANINUS (Linnaeus) 



I7S8 Boa canina Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 215. Type-locality: America. 



I7S8 Boa Hipnale Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 21$. Type-locality: Asia. 



1768 Boa thalass ina Laurenti (substitute name for Boa canina Linnaeus), Synopsin Reptilium: 85. 



1768 Boa aurant iaca Laurenti, Synopsin Reptilium; 85. Type-locality: America. 



1768 Boa ex i qua Laurenti (substitute name for Boa H i pnale Linnaeus), Synopsin Reptilium: 85. 



1824 Xiphosoma araramboya Waqler. in Spix, Sp. Nov. Serp. Brasil.; 45, pi. I6. Type-locality: 



the rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil. 

 I860 Chrysenis batesi i Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, I860: I32, pi. 24. Type-locality: Upper Amazon. 

 189^ Corallus can i nus — Boulenqer. Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., 1: 102. 



Distribution: Amazonian Basin of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia; also Guianas. 



CORALLUS ENYDRIS (Linnaeus) 



1758 Boa Enydris Linnaeus. Systema Naturae, Ed. 10: 21$. Type-locality: America. 

 1551 Corallus enydris — Forcart, Herpetolog ica, 7= 197' 



Distribution; Nicaragua to Ecuador and Peru; Windward Islands. 



Content: Two subspecies. 



Comment: Authors since Boulenger's Catalogues have used hortulanus Linnaeus and enydr i s Linnaeus 

 equally as often for this taxon. We follow the latest check list of the Boidae by Stimson, 

 Das Tierreich, 85, 1965» '" the use of enydr i s . 



Key to the subspecies 



Rounded dorsal and lateral blotches; more 

 than 5c scale rows cook i i 



Rhomboid dorsal and lateral blotches; fewer 

 than 5c scale rows enydr is 



Clave de subespecies 



1. Manchas dorsales y laterales redondeadas; 



mas de 5^^ filas de escamas cook i i 



Manchas dorsales y laterales romboidales; 

 menos de 5^^ filas de escamas enydr i s 



