Biology:Epicrates (genus)

Epicrates
	Brazilian rainbow boa, E. c. cenchria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Subfamily:	Boinae
Genus:	Epicrates; Wagler, 1830
Synonyms
	Epicrates Wagler, 1830; Chilabothrus ; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844; Cliftia Gray, 1849; Epicarsius J.G. Fischer, 1856; Homalochilus J.G. Fischer, 1856; Piesigaster Seoane, 1881; Epicrates Boulenger, 1893; Boella ; H.M. Smith & Chiszar, 1992;

Epicrates is a genus of non-venomous boas found in South America and Central America. Five species are currently recognized, including the rainbow boa.^[2]

Distribution and habitat

Found in lower Central America through South America as far south as Argentina .^[1]

Species^[2]	Taxon author^[2]	Common name	Geographic range^[1]
E. alvarezi	Abalos, Baez & Nader, 1964	Argentinian rainbow boa	northern Argentina, southeastern Bolivia, western Paraguay
E. assisi	Machado, 1945		Brazil
E. cenchria^T	(Linnaeus, 1758)	Rainbow boa^[2]	French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina
E. crassus	(Cope, 1862)		Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, and Brazil
E. maurus^T	Gray, 1849	Brown rainbow boa	Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, northern Brazil, Trinidad, Tobago, Isla Margarita.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
^T) Type species.^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 "Epicrates". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174327. Retrieved 6 July 2008.

0.00

(0 votes)

Epicrates

Brazilian rainbow boa, E. c. cenchria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Subfamily:	Boinae
Genus:	Epicrates Wagler, 1830
Synonyms
Epicrates Wagler, 1830 Chilabothrus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844 Cliftia Gray, 1849 Epicarsius J.G. Fischer, 1856 Homalochilus J.G. Fischer, 1856 Piesigaster Seoane, 1881 Epicrates Boulenger, 1893 Boella H.M. Smith & Chiszar, 1992^[1]