Epicrates maurus

Epicrates maurus

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
Species: Epicrates maurus
Subspecies (3): E. m. colombianus – E. m. guyanensis – E. m. maurus

Name

• 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”.

Synonymy

• Epicrates cupreus var. concolor Jan 1863
• Epicrates cenchria maurus — Stull 1935: 238

References

Primary references

• 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.
• Starace, Fausto 1998. Guide des Serpents et Amphisbènes de Guyane. IBIS Rouge Editions, Guadeloupe, Guyane, 450 pp.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Epicrates maurus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 5 May 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Brown Rainbow Boa