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The Round Island burrowing boa had an extremely small range of only 1.5 square kilometres (0.58 sq mi). Its habitats were hardwood forests and palm savanna. In the past it was found in Mauritius on Gunner's Quoin, Flat Island, Round Island, and Ile de la Passe. [3] It survived the longest on Round Island, where it was last recorded.
The following is a list of snakes (suborder Serpentes) of South Asia, primarily covering the region covered by mainland India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains.
Common names: Mauritius snakes, [2] Round Island boas, splitjaw snakes. The Bolyeriidae are a family [2] of snakes native to Mauritius and a few islands around it, especially Round Island.
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This species is known by the common names Calabar ground boa, burrowing boa, [11] and Calabar boa. It is also known as the African burrowing python , Calabar python , Calabar ground python , calabaria , two-headed boa , West African burrowing boa , and West African ground boa .
The Round Island boa (Casarea dussumieri), [4] also known commonly as the Round Island keel-scaled boa [1] and the Round Island ground boa, [1] is a species of nonvenomous snake in the monotypic genus Casarea in the family Bolyeriidae. [5] [6] The species is endemic to Round Island, Mauritius. No subspecies are currently recognized. [4] [6]
A fossil of Boavus idelmani, an extinct species of boa Formerly, boas were said to be found in the New World and pythons in the Old World . While this is true of boine boas , other boid species are present in Africa, much of southern Eurasia, Madagascar , New Guinea , and the Solomon Islands , so this is not accurate.
Candoia carinata, known commonly as the Pacific ground boa, Pacific keel-scaled boa, or Indonesian tree boa, [citation needed] is a species of snake in the family Boidae. [ 2 ] Distribution and habitat