| Acrantophis
is a genus with two species endemic to Madagascar
and Mascarene Island. The genus has recently been synonymized
with Boa by Kluge, but
a recent study shows this to be in error.
|
Acrantophis
dumerili
(© Jan Grathwohl) |
|
|
Acrantophis
dumerili Jan, 1860
Distribution:
Madagascar
and Mascarene. |
|
|
Acrantophis
madagascariensis
(© Jan Grathwohl) |
|
|
Acrantophis
madagascariensis (Duméril &
Bibron, 1844)
Distribution:
Madagascar. |
|
|
Acrantophis
madagascariensis
(© Dennis Desmond) |
|
|
|
|
Acrantophis
dumerili
(© Dennis Desmond) |
|
|
| Literature |
| Branch,
W.R. 1981. Hemipenes of the Madagascan Boas Acrantophis
and Sanzinia, with a Review of Hemipeneal morphology
in the Boinae. J. Herpetol., 15(1): 91-99. |
| Glaw,
F. & M. Vences. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of Madagascar. Second edition. Vences &
Glaw Verlags GbR, Köln, 480 pp. |
| Henkel,
F.-W. & W. Schmidt. 1995. Amphibien und Reptilien
Madagaskars. DATZ-Atlanten, Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart,
312 pp. |
| Interessengemeinschaft
Riesenschlangen e.V. 2000. Erste Erkenntnisse über
die Kennzeichnung von Riesenschlangen mittels Fotodokumentation
am Beispiel der südlichen Madagaskarboa, Acratophis
dumerili (Jan, 1860). elaphe, 8(4): 65-70. |
Morgan, D.R. 1984. Madagascar Ground Boas (Acrantophis
madagascariensis) at Transvaal Snake Park
with Notes on Reproduction in 1983-1984. J. Herp.
Assoc. Afr., 31: 19-20.
|
Murphy, J.B., W.E. Lamoreaux & D.G. Barker.
1981. Miscellaneous Notes on the Reproductive
Biology of Reptiles 4. Eight Species of the Family
Boidae, Genera Acrantophis, Aspidites, Candoia,
Liasis and Python. Trans. Kans.
Acad. Sci., 84(1): 39-49. |
|
