Common names: Mauritius snakes,[2] Round Island boas, splitjaw snakes.
The Bolyeriidae are a family[2] of snakes native to Mauritius and a few islands around it, especially Round Island. They also used to be found on the island of Mauritius, but were extirpated there due to human influence and foraging pigs in particular.[3] These snakes used to be placed in the Boidae, but are now classed as a separate family. Two monotypic genera are recognized, but only a single species is extant (not extinct).[2] Bolyeriidae appear to be most closely related to the Asian genus Xenophidion.[4]
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^Lawson, R.; Slowinski, J. B.; Burbrink, F. T. (2004). "A molecular approach to discerning the phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic snake Xenophidion schaeferi among the Alethinophidia". Journal of Zoology. 263 (3): 285–294. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.504.6967. doi:10.1017/s0952836904005278.
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...
Sri Lanka, the Moluccas and New Guinea through to Melanesia and Samoa. Bolyeriidae Hoffstetter, 1946 2 2 Splitjaw snakes Mauritius. Colubridae Oppel, 1811...
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...
Recent molecular studies have also found the families Xenophidiidae and Bolyeriidae to be closely related to caenophidians, forming the sister group to Caenophidia...
species of nonvenomous snake in the monotypic genus Casarea in the family Bolyeriidae. The species is endemic to Round Island, Mauritius. No subspecies are...
often called boas, mostly now considered subfamilies of Boidae]), and Bolyeriidae – Round Island splitjaw snakes. Because these snakes do not form a monophyletic...
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...
This is a list of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch...
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...
influential in categorizing reptiles. He described the snake families Bolyeriidae and Madtsoiidae. Faune du gisement précolombien d'Anse-Belleville: Reptiles...
cytochrome b sequencing suggested a sister relationship of Xenophidion to Bolyeriidae from Mauritius. Similar to Boyleriidae, spinejaw snakes have a jointed...
Family Anomochilidae (dwarf pipe snakes) Family Boidae (boas) Family Bolyeriidae (Round Island boas) Family Colubridae (colubrids) Family Cylindrophiidae...
worthingtoni Boidae spp. (Except the species included in Appendix I) Bolyeriidae spp. (Except the species included in Appendix I) Bowenia spp. Brachypelma...
Epicrates Genus Eryx Genus Eunectes Genus Lichanura Genus Sanzinia Family Bolyeriidae, Genus Bolyeria - Round Island burrowing boa Genus Casarea - Round Island...
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