Bolyeridae

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iRound Island boas
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Superfamily: Henophidia
Family: Bolyeridae
Genera
  • Casarea
  • Bolyeria

The Bolyeridae (Round Island boas) is a family of snakes, classified in the Henophidia superfamily. It consists of only two species, Casarea dussumieri and Bolyeria multocarinata. Formerly part of the Boidae, the Bolyeridae is now considered a separate family.

Both species are endemic on Round Island off the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, but Bolyeria multocarinata hasn't been seen since 1975, so the species is believed to be extinct.


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Chordata - Reptilia - Squamata - Families of Snakes  
 
HENOPHIDIA
Acrochordidae- Aniliidae- Anomochilidae- Boidae- Bolyeridae- Cylindrophiidae- Loxocemidae- Pythonidae- Tropidophiidae- Uropeltidae- Xenopeltidae
TYPHLOPOIDEA
Anomalepidae- Leptotyphlopidae- Typhlopidae
XENOPHIDIA
Atractaspididae- Colubridae- Elapidae- Hydrophiidae- Viperidae
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