Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Charina Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Boidae Higher classification Boas | |
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Lower classifications Rubber boa, Calabar python | ||
Charina is a genus of nonvenomous boas found in North America. Two species are currently recognized.
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Common names: rosy boas, rubber boas.Geographic range
Found in North America from southwestern Canada south through the western United States into northwestern Mexico.
Species
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.
Taxonomy
Sources vary on how many species the genus contains. Some consider the rubber boa, C. bottae, to be the sole member of the genus. In addition, some experts consider the southern rubber boa, C. umbratica to be a subspecies of C. bottae. Although the Calabar python, Calabaria reinhardtii has been included in Charina, recent phylogenetic analyses based on DNA have shown that it does not belong to this genus.
References
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