Epicrates cenchria

Epicrates cenchria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Reptilia Subclassis: Diapsida Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Species: Epicrates
Species: Epicrates cenchria
Subspecies: E. c. alvarezi - E. c. assisi - E. c. barbouri - E. c. cenchria - E. c. crassus - E. c. gaigei - E. c. hygrophilus - E. c. maurus - E. c. polylepis

Name

Epicrates cenchria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: “Surinami”.

Synonyms

• Boa Cenchria Linnaeus 1758: 215
• Epicrates maurus Gray 1849
• Epicarsius cupreus Fischer 1856 (fide Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970: 107)

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 pp.
• Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1844. Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.6. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris.
• Roberts, M. E 1984. Snakes. T.F.H. Publications, 80 pp.
• Epicrates cenchria at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Rainbow Boa