Epicrates maurus

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Booidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Epicrates
Species: Epicrates maurus
Name
[edit]Epicrates maurus Gray, 1849: 96
- Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.10.40 (formerly BMNH VI.6.3a & BMNH 1846.7.23.2a), ♂, collected by D. Dyson in 1846.
- Type locality: “Venezuela”.
Synonyms
[edit]- Cliftia fusca Gray, 1849
- Epicarsius cupreus Fischer, 1856
- Epicrates cupreus var. concolor Jan 1863
- Epicrates cenchria barbouri Stull, 1938
- Epicrates maurus colombianus Matz, 2004
- Epicrates maurus guayanensis Matz, 2004
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the specimens of snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Edward Newman: London. i–xv + 1–125. BHL Reference page.
- Matz, G. 2004. Epicrates maurus Gray, 1849. Description des sous-espèces. Situla 10: 2–9.
Additional references
[edit]- Starace, Fausto 1998. Guide des Serpents et Amphisbènes de Guyane. IBIS Rouge Editions: Guadeloupe, Guyane. 450 pp.
- 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.
Links
[edit]- Acosta Chaves, V., Ballesteros, E., Batista, A., García Rodríguez, A., Ines Hladki, A., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Saborío, G., Urbina, N., Vargas Álvarez, J., Nogueira, C. de C., Hoogmoed, M.S., Schargel, W., Rivas, G. & Murphy, J. 2018. IUCN: Epicrates maurus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T203212A2762292. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T203212A2762292.en. Accessed on 26 February 2026.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Brown Rainbow Boa