Epicrates

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 (5): E. alvarezi – E. assisi – E. cenchria – E. crassus – E. maurus

Epicrates Wagler, 1830: 168

Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. 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.

čeština: Hroznýšovec
Deutsch: Regenbogenboas
English: Rainbow Boas

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