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Sthenelais boa
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Subspecies
No subspecies
are
recognized.
Original
description
Synonyms
Sigalion estellae
Guérin, 1833
(nomen oblitum)
Sigalion boa Johnston, 1839
Sthenelais boa (Johnston, 1839)
Sthenalais boa (Johnston, 1839) (misspelling of
the genus name)
Sigalion idunae Rathke, 1843
Sthenelais audouini Quatrefages, 1865
Sthenelais edwardsii Quatrefages, 1865
Sthenelais fuliginosa Claparède, 1868
Sthenelais fuliginosa capensis Willey, 1904
Identification
Distribution
Widely
distributed along
European, African and eastern American coasts. However, not
all of these records
might be
genuine records of Sthenelais boa, because the
taxonomy of the
genus is unclear and the species are frequently
misidentified.
Biology
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updated on January 21, 2011
This site is online since May 31, 2005
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