Epicrates (snake)
| Epicrates | |
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| Brazilian rainbow boa, E. c. cenchria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Subfamily: | Boinae |
| Genus: | Epicrates Wagler, 1830 |
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Epicrates is a genus of non-venomous snakes in the subfamily Boinae of the family Boidae. The genus is native to South America and Central America. Five species are currently recognized as being valid, including the rainbow boa.[2]
Distribution and habitat[]
Species of Epicrates are found in lower Central America through South America as far south as Argentina.[1]
Species[]
| Species[2] | Taxon author[2] | Subsp.*[2] | Common name | Geographic range[1] |
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| , & , 1964 | Argentinian rainbow boa | northern Argentina, southeastern Bolivia, western Paraguay | ||
| , 1945 | Brazil | |||
E. cenchriaT |
(Linnaeus, 1758) | rainbow boa[2] | French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina | |
| (Cope, 1862) | Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil | |||
E. maurusT |
Gray, 1849 | brown rainbow boa | Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, northern Brazil, Trinidad, Tobago, Isla Margarita. |
*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
T) Type species.[1]
Etymology[]
The specific name, alvarezi, is in honor of Argentine herpetologist Antenor Álvarez (1864–1948).[3]
The specific name, assisi, is in honor of who collected the holotype.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c d McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, (1999). Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b c d e "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Epicrates alvarezi, p. 6).
- ^ Species Epicrates assisi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Epicrates. |
- Epicrates at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 July 2008.
Categories:
- Epicrates
- Reptiles of Central America
- Reptiles of South America
- Snake genera
- Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler