Eunectes beniensis

Eunectes beniensis

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: Eunectes
Species: Eunectes beniensis

Name

Eunectes beniensis Dirksen, 2002: 169

• Holotype: AMNH 101924, ♂, collected by W.P. McLean on 30 August 1964.
• Type locality: “Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia”.
• Paratypes: CBF 1675, NKR 1735 and UMMZ 56863.

References

Primary references

• Dirksen, L. 2002. Anakondas. Natur und Tier Verlag: Münster. 190 pp.

Additional references

• Dirksen, L. & Böhme, W. 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.

Links

• Muñoz, A., Gonzales, L., Embert, D., Aparicio, J. & Aguayo, R. 2016. IUCN: Eunectes beniensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T174126A18978378. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T174126A18978378.en. Accessed on 18 June 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Bolivian Anaconda
• polski: Anakonda boliwijska