Eunectes notaeus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: 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 notaeus

[edit] Name

Eunectes notaeus Cope, 1862

Type locality: Paraguay River and its tributaries. Restricted by Waller (2000) to "Paraguay River about thirty miles South of Fort Coimbra, Brazil, near lat. 20°S".

Holotyp: USNM 4707 (lost fide Dirksen)

[edit] Synonyms

• Eunectes murinus Peracca 1895 (nec Linnaeus)
• Eunectes wieningeri Steindachner 1903

[edit] References

• Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14 [1862]: 60-82.
• McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
• Leynaud, Gerardo C. and Enrique H. Bucher 1999. La fauna de serpientes del Chaco Sudamericano: diversidad, distribución geografica y estado de conservación. Academia Nacional de Ciencias Miscelanea (98):1-46.
• Eunectes notaeus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 Mar 2008.
• Waller, T. 2000. Sobre la localidad tipo de Eunectes notaeus Cope (Serpentes, Boidae). Cuad. Herp. 14 [1]: 77-78.

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