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dzbreptiles
at Sat Apr 5 10:43:10 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by dzbreptiles ]
after doing a goggle search I found that they have been reclassified with the rubber Boas and the Rosy Boas. Huh.
Congrats Dave. Keep up te good work.
Jeff
Wikipedia: Some herpetologists place the Calabar in the genus Charina with the Rubber Boa (Charina bottae), and the Rosy Boa (Charina trivirgata). Others place it in its own genus, but still within the subfamily Erycinae along with Charina, Eryx, and Gongylophis. Yet, others would place the Calabar in its own subfamily Calabarinae, where it would be the only member.
Calabaria's complex classification history is the result of several factors. This snake could be classified in the subfamily Pythonidae (it is often still called the African Burrowing "Python" because like pythons, this species is oviparous, or lays eggs. However, it was originally described as a member of the subfamily Erycinae due to its structural similarities to the Erycine boas. The problem lies in the fact that many of the physiological traits it shares with other members of the subfamily Erycinae are plesiomorphic (or primitive) traits.
Due to the confusion, the Calabar Python is known by many names: the Calabar Boa, Calabar Burrowing Python, West African Burrowing Python, West African Ground Python and simply Calabria.
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Thats what I thought as well, but....... - dzbreptiles, Sat Apr 5 10:43:10 2008