THE LECTOTYPE AND TYPE LOCALITY OF CANDOIA CARINATA (REPTILIA, SERPENTES)

Resumen

The lectotype of Boa carinata Schneider, 1801, has been rediscovered and is now ZMFK
35503, having been transferred in 1977 from the Göttingen Museum, its original location. Its type
locality has not been reported previously, but is indicated as “Amboina” on a label with the lectotype.
The specimen is redescribed and fi gured, and conforms with expectations for material from the vicinity
of the type locality. A brief history of Schneider and of the syntypes of Boa carinata, now Candoia
carinata, is reviewed.