Epicrates crassus

Taxonavigation

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

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

Epicrates crassus Cope, 1862

Holotype: USNM 12413 (formerly 5409), collected by T.J. Page (Paraguay Expedition), between September 1853–January 1856.
Type locality: “Cadosa, Parana River”, corrected to “Gardosa, Rio Paraná, Paraguay”, by Williams & Francini (1991).

Epicrates crassus Cope, 1862: 349 [original combination, as species]
Epicrates cenchria crassus — Amaral, 1929: 140 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Epicrates crassus — Passos & Fernandes, 2008: 10 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Epicrates cenchria polylepis Amaral 1935: 236
- Holotype: IBSP 9165.
- Type locality: “Rio Pandeiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil”.

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.
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.

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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Epicrates crassus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 22 September 2018.
Arzamendia, V., Fitzgerald, L., Scrocchi, G., Giraudo, A., Williams, J., Silveira, A.L., Prudente, A.L. da C., Argôlo , A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Nogueira, C. de C., Barbo, F.E., Costa, G.C., Pontes, G.M.F., Colli, G.R., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira , M.E., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Sawaya, R.J., Cechin, C.T.Z & Guedes da Costa, T.B. 2021. IUCN: Epicrates crassus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T15154897A15155053. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T15154897A15155053.en. Accessed on 14 June 2022.