Eunectes notaeus

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: Eunectes
Species: Eunectes notaeus

Name

Eunectes notaeus Cope, 1862: 70

Holotype: USNM 4707, collected by T.J. Page (Paraguay Exped.), between Sept. 1853 – Jan. 1856. [lost fide Peters in Stimson (1969: 22)]

Type locality: “Paraguay River and confluents”, restricted to “Paraguay River about thirty miles South of Fort Coimbra, Brazil, near lat. 20°S” by Cope (1862: 350) fide Waller (2000: 77).

Synonyms

Eunectes murinus Peracca, 1895: 13 (nec Linnaeus) [chresonym]
Epicrates wieningeri Steindachner, 1903: 15

Holotype: NMW 18929, collected by Wieninger.

Type locality: “Paraguay bei Altos”.

References

Primary references

Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 60–82. BHL Reference page.
Steindachner, F. 1903. Über einige neue Reptilien- und Fischarten des Hofmuseums in Wien. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Abt. 1, 112: 15–22. BHL
Waller, T. 2000. Sobre la localidad tipo de Eunectes notaeus Cope (Serpentes, Boidae). Cuadernos de Herpetología 14(1): 77–78.

Additional references

McDiarmid, R.W., Campbell, J.A. & Touré, T.A. 1999. Snake Species of the World. Volume 1. Herpetologists’ League. 511 pp.
Leynaud, G.C. & Bucher, E.H. 1999. La fauna de serpientes del Chaco Sudamericano: diversidad, distribución geografica y estado de conservación. Academia Nacional de Ciencias Misceláneas 98: 1–46. Online Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Eunectes notaeus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 July 2018.

Vernacular names

čeština: Anakonda žlutá
Deutsch: Gelbe Anakonda
English: Eunectes notaeus
español: Eunectes notaeus
suomi: Keltainen anakonda
français: Anaconda jaune
עברית: אנקונדה צהובה
magyar: Sárga anakonda
日本語: キイロアナコンダ
lietuvių: Geltonspalvė anakonda
македонски: Жолта анаконда
Nederlands: Dwerganaconda
norsk: Gul anakonda
polski: Anakonda żółta
русский: Парагвайская анаконда
svenska: Gul anakonda
ไทย: งูอนาคอนดาเหลือง
中文: 黃水蚺