Eunectes beniensis

Eunectes beniensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Booidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Superfamilia: Booidea

Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Eunectes
Species: Eunectes beniensis

Name

Eunectes beniensis Dirksen, 2002

Type locality: Bolivia (Beni: Trinidad).

Holotype: AMNH 101924; Paratypes: CBF 1675, NKR 1735, NKR, UMMZ 56863

References

• Dirksen, Lutz 2002. Anakondas. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 190 pp.
• Dirksen, Lutz, and Wolfgang Böhme 2005. Studies on anacondas III. A reappraisal of Eunectes beniensis Dirksen, 2002, from Bolivia, and a key to the species of the genus Eunectes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes: Boidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 12 (3): 223–229.
• Eunectes beniensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 Mar 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Bolivian Anaconda