| Species | Taxon author | Subsp.* | Common name | Geographic range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. constrictorT | Linnaeus, 1758 | 9 | Boa constrictor | Northern Mexico through Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) to South America north of 35°S (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina. Also in the Lesser Antilles (Dominica and St. Lucia), on San Andrés, Providencia and many other islands along the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America. |
| B. dumerili | (Jan In Jan & Sordelli, 1860) | 0 | Duméril's boa | Madagascar and Reunion Island. |
| B. madagascariensis | (Duméril & Bibron, 1844) | 0 | Madagascar ground boa | Madagascar. |
| B. manditra | Kluge, 1991 | 0 | Madagascar tree boa | Madagascar. |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.
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