Bothrochilus Fitzinger, 1843

Szyndlar, Zbigniew & Georgalis, Georgios L., 2023, An illustrated atlas of the vertebral morphology of extant non-caenophidian snakes, with special emphasis on the cloacal and caudal portions of the column, Vertebrate Zoology 73, pp. 717-886 : 717

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scientific name	Bothrochilus Fitzinger, 1843
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Material examined.

Bothrochilus boa (Schlegel, 1837) (ZFMK 5203; UMMZ 190744).

Description (Figs 170-172).

Trunk vertebrae. The morphology is relatively similar to that of Simalia above. Neural arch moderately vaulted.

Trunk / caudal transition. The morphology is relatively similar to that of Simalia above, but hypapophysis of last trunk vertebra is more prominent.

Number of vertebrae. Data from literature (all for Bothrochilus boa ): 318-322 vertebrae in total ( Parmley and Reed 2003); 266 trunk and cloacal vertebrae plus 57 ± 1 caudal vertebrae ( Alexander and Gans 1966).