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Pseudoboa

genus of reptiles

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ3409620 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pseudoboa is a genus of snakes, also known commonly as the false boas, in the subfamily Dipsadinae of family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

The genus Pseudoboa contains six species which are recognized as being valid.

Pseudoboa coronata Schneider, 1801 – crowned false boa

Pseudoboa haasi (Boettger, 1905) – Paraná false boa

Pseudoboa martinsi Zaher, Oliveira & Franco, 2008

Pseudoboa neuwiedii (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – dark-headed red false boa, Neuwied's false boa

Pseudoboa nigra (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) – black false boa

Pseudoboa serrana Morato, Moura-Leite, Prudente & Bérnils, 1995

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Pseudoboa.

References

Further reading

Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Pseudoboa, p.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Pseudoboa” as genus of reptiles. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1801, 1905, 2008, 1854—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Pseudoboa, genus and reptiles can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as genus of reptiles. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3409620. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1801, 1905, 2008 and 1854.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pseudoboa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.