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Nosy Komba Tree Boa

Sanzinia volontany Vences & Glaw, 2004

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Sanzinia volontanyRéserve de Berenty, Amboasary Sud, MADAGASCAR Scanned Slide from 1998

Sanzinia volontanyRéserve de Berenty, Amboasary Sud, MADAGASCAR Scanned Slide from 1998

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Open encyclopedia reference

The Nosy Komba ground boa (Sanzinia volontany) is a boa species endemic to the island of Madagascar. It is brownish in colour and is found on the western side of the island. It was once considered conspecific with the Madagascar tree boa. Like all other boas, it is not venomous.

Wikipedia contributors, Nosy Komba ground boa; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:26:56.922086+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Sanzinia volontany Vences & Glaw, 2004
Name authority
Vences & Glaw, 2004
Common name
Nosy Komba Tree Boa
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Boidae
Genus
Sanzinia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
  11. infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
  12. familyBoidae
  13. subfamilySanziniinae
  14. genusSanzinia
  15. speciesSanzinia volontany Vences & Glaw, 2004

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 51 records assigned to Boidae.

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

W Madagascar (Nosy Komba)

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sanzinia&species=volontany Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:79JVP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.