Bismarck ringed python

The Bismarck ringed python (Bothrochilus boa) is a species of snake in the genus Bothrochilus found on the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago. No subspecies are recognized.

Bismarck ringed python
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Pythonidae
Genus: Bothrochilus
Fitzinger, 1843
Species:
B. boa
Binomial name
Bothrochilus boa
(Schlegel, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Tortrix boa Schlegel, 1837
  • Nardoa Schlegelii Gray, 1842
  • Bothrochilus Boa Fitzinger, 1843
  • Nardoa boa Müller, 1882
  • Nardoa boa Boulenger, 1893
  • Nardoana boa Berg, 1901
  • Nardoa boa De Jong, 1930
  • Bothrochilus boa Loveridge, 1946
  • Liasis boa McDowell, 1975
  • Morelia boa Underwood & Stimson, 1993
  • B[othrochilus]. boa Kluge, 1993
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