Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Epicrates
Species: Epicrates crassus

Name

Holotype: USNM 12413 (formerly 5409), collected by T.J. Paige.

Type locality: “Cadosa, Parana River”, corrected to “Gardosa, Rio Paraná, Paraguay”, by Williams & Francini (1991).

Combinations

  • Epicrates cenchria crassus — Amaral, 1929: 140 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

  • Cope, E.D. 1862. Catalogue of the Reptiles obtained during the Explorations of the Parana, Paraguay, Vermejo and Uraguay Rivers, by Capt. Thos. J. Page, U. S. N.; and of those procured by Lieut. N. Michler, U. S. Top. Eng., Commander of the Expedition conducting the Survey of the Atrato River. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 346–359. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Paraguayan/Eastern Rainbow Boa
português do Brasil: Jiboia-arco-íris
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