Eunectes murinus
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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Superphylum: Bilateria
Clade: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Superfamilia: Booidea
Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Eunectes
Species: Eunectes murinus
[edit] Name
Eunectes murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type locality: "America".
Holotype: N.R.S. no. Lin. 9
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[edit] Notes
Largest snake species; one specimen reached 8.45 m (Bellosa 2003), according to other sources 9.6 m (Flindt 2002)!
[edit] 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.
- Dirksen, Lutz, and Wolfgang Böhme 2005. Studies on anacondas III. A reappraisal of Eunectes beniensis Dirksen, 2002, from Bolivia, and a key to the species of the genus Eunectes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes: Boidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 12 (3): 223-229.
- Dirksen, L. & W Böhme 1998. Studien an Anakondas 1: Indizien für natürliche Bastardierung zwischen der Großen Anakonda (Eunectes murinus) und der Paraguay-Anakonda (Eunectes notaeus) in Bolivien, mit Anmerkungen zur Taxonomie der Gattung Eunectes (Reptilia: Squamata: Serpentes: Boid Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierkd. Dresden, 50 (4) : 45-58.
- Eunectes murinus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 Mar 2008.
[edit] Vernacular names
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Català: Anaconda comuna
English: Anaconda, Green Anaconda
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