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Reptilia
Squamata (part)
Boidae
Northern Rosy Boa
Lichanura orcutti
Stejneger, 1889
Current SSAR Comments:
“Northern” was added to the English name to differentiate it from the English name of the genus. The taxonomic authority was corrected by removing the parentheses.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.08.30.07.26.52)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
California Boa
(
Lichanura rosefusca
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1889
Stejneger, Leonhard. Description of two new species of snakes from California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 12(766):95-99
1891
Stejneger, Leonhard. On the snakes of the Californian genus
Lichanura
. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 14(878):511-515
2008
Wood, Dustin A., Robert N. Fisher, and Tod W. Reeder. Novel patterns of historical isolation, dispersal, and secondary contact across Baja California in the Rosy Boa (
Lichanura trivirgata
). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46(2):484-502
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