Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98

  NAME -                 Imperial Boa

  ORDER -                SERPENTES
  FAMILY -               Boidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Boa constrictor

  SYNONYMS - Boa constrictor imperator, Daudin

  REFERENCES - 5 and  1

  District                                                     Reference

  Corozal, Belize                                                      1
  Orange Walk, Belize                                                  1
  Belize, Belize                                                       1
  Cayo, Belize                                                         1
  Toledo, Belize                                                       1
  Stann Creek, Belize                                                  2
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Turneffe Reef                                                               3
  Private land, see comments                                                  2
  Government land                                                             1
  Shipstern Nature Reserve                                                    1
  Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve                                             1
  Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve                                             1
  Gallon Jug                                                                  1
  Caye Caulker                                                                1
  Government land                                                             1
  Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed)                                            1
  Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary (Private                                      1
  Xunantunich Archaeological Reserve                                          1
  Slate Creek Preserve                                                        1
  Government land                                                             1
  Caracol Archaeological Reserve                                              1
  Chiquibul Forest Reserve                                                    1
  Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve                                          1
  Bladen Nature Reserve                                                       1
  Columbia River Forest Reserve                                               1
  Turneffe Reef                                              Wet season       4
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30'           1
  17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15'           1
  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30'           1
  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15'           1
  18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30'           1
  17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45'           1
  17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15'           1
  17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00'           2
  17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45'           1
  17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30'           1
  16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15'           1
  16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00'           1
  18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15'           1
  16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00'           1
  16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15'           1
  18 00' to 18 15'; 88 30' to 88 45'           1
  18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30'           4
  17 15' to 17 30'; 87 45' to 88 00'           1
  

  General Distribution Comments

  2 * Middlesex.

  References

  1  Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize.
     Report to National Protected Areas Management Project.
  
  2  McCoy, C.J. 1970.  The sake fauna of Middlesex, British Honduras. J.
     Herpetol. 4:135-140.
  
  3  Neill, W.T. and R. Allen. 1962. Reptiles of the Cambridge expedition to
     Brithish Honduras 1959-1960.  Herpetologica 18(2):79-90.
  
  4  Platt, S. G. 1994. Checklist of Fauna Recorded During Crocodile Surveys
     of Turneffe Atoll.  Unpub. checklist.
  
  5  Lee, Julian C. 1996.  The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán
     Peninsula.  Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.