Epicrates assisi

Epicrates assisi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Epicrates
Subspecies: Epicrates assisi

Name

Epicrates assisi Machado, 1944

• Holotype: IVB unnumbered, adult ♂, collected by Arlindo de Assis. [presumed lost fide Passos & Fernandes (2008: 19)]
• Type locality: “Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brasil”.

Combinations

• Epicrates cenchria assisi Machado, 1944: 61 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Epicrates assisi — Passos & Fernandes, 2008: 10 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Synonyms

• Epicrates cenchria xerophilus Amaral 1955: 237
  • Holotype: IBSP 9252.
  • Type locality: “Rio Branco, Pernambuco, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Machado, O. 1944. Observaçães sobre ofidios do Brasil. Boletim do Instituto Vital Brazil 4(27): 61–64. Reference page. 
• Passos, P. & Fernandes, R. 2008. Revision of the Epicrates cenchria Complex (Serpentes: Boidae). Herpetological Monographs 22(1): 1–30. DOI: 10.1655/06-003.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rivera, P.C., Di Cola, V., Martínez, J.J., Gardenal, C.N. & Chiaraviglio, M. 2011. Species Delimitation in the Continental Forms of the Genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) Integrating Phylogenetics and Environmental Niche Models. PLoS One 6(9): e22199. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022199 Reference page. 
• Reynolds, R.G. & Henderson, R.W. 2018. Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidea): A Checklist With Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162(1): 1–59. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ48.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Epicrates assisi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 June 2022.
• Silveira, A.L., Prudente, A.L. da C., Argôlo , A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Nogueira, C. de C., Strüssmann, C., Loebmann, D., Barbo, F.E., Franco, F.L., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira , M.E., Hoogmoed, M.S., Marques, O.A.V., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A., Sawaya, R.J. & Guedes da Costa, T.B. 2021. IUCN: Epicrates assisi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T15154661A123740062. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T15154661A123740062.en. Accessed on 14 June 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Caatinga Rainbow Boa

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