

The name nebulosus is in allusion to the extremely dark, clouded appearance of the boa.

Boa diviniloqua Dumeril & Bibron, 1844: 515.Constrictor diviniloquus Gmelin, 1839: 239.Constrictor diviniloquus Linnaeus, 1788: 1083.Constrictor diviniloquus Laurenti, 1768: 108.Serpent de Sainte-Lucie, appele Crocs de chien, Tete de chien Chanvallon, 1763: 100 (Saint Lucian Snake, called Dog’s Fangs, Dog’s Head).

Rex Serpentum orientalis, Lamanda dictusSeba, 1734: 110.Imperator de Quadalajara Seba, 1734: 105.Couleuvre de la Dominique, qui a dix ou douze pieds de long et qui n’ est jamais grosse que le bras 1667, Du Tertre: 317 *.Ouanache Breton, 1665: 406 ( Ouanache is a great Dominica Serpent that is more than three ells long, which swallows a rooster or a whole hen, the bites of which are very painful & not fatal).Two serpents of exceeding bignes Rene Laudonniere, 1564:.Re-described and renamed by James Draper Lazell, Jr (1939-) in 1964. He is remembered as the "Father of Herpetology." Scientific Name Boa nebulosa Boa nebulosa Described and named by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735-1895), an Austrian anatomist and zoologist. Requirements for keeping West Indian Boas.Conservation of West Indian Herpetofauna.
