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Epicrates angulifer BIBRON, 1843

IUCN Red List - Epicrates angulifer - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaBoidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cuban Boa
G: Kuba-Schlankboa 
SynonymEpicrates angulifer BIBRON 1843: 129
Epicrates angulifer — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1844: 560
Epicrates angulifer — BOULENGER 1893: 96
Epicrates angulifer — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 601
Epicrates angulifer — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 194 
DistributionCuba, Isla de la Juventud, Archipelago de los Canarreos,
Archipelago de los Colorados, Archipelago de Sabana-Camaguey

Type locality: Cuba. Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
TypesHolotype: MNHN 3292. 
CommentFor illustrations see Schwartz and Henderson, 1985; Mehrtens, 1987; Tolson, 1987. 
References
  • Bibron, G. 1843. in J. T. Cocteau and G. Bibron. 1838-1843, Reptiles, p. (5), 1-143. In R. de la Sagra, Historia Física, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Arthus Bertrand, Paris.
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. London (Taylor & Francis), 448 pp. - get paper here
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1844. Erpetologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol.6. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 609 pp. - get paper here
  • Geißler, L. 2005. Exkursionen im Westen Kubas. Reptilia (Münster) 10 (56): 42-49 - get paper here
  • Henderson, Robert W. and Angel Arias Barreto 2001. Epicrates angulifer Bibron Cuban Boa. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (734):1-4 - get paper here
  • Jan, G. 1864. Iconographie générale des ophidiens. 6. Livraison. J.B. Bailière et Fils, Paris - get paper here
  • McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
  • Mehrtens, J.M. 1987. Living snakes of the world in color. Sterling Publ. Co., hic., New York, NY: 480 pp.
  • Schmidt, Dieter 2010. Vermehrung und Zucht von Riesenschlangen Draco 11 (44): 4-17 - get paper here
  • Schwartz, A. and Henderson, R.W. 1985. A guide to the identification of the amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies exclusive of Hispaniola. Milwaukee Public Mus., 165 pp.
  • Schwartz,A. & Henderson,R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies. University of Florida Press, Gainesville, 720 pp.
  • Tolson, P.J. 1987. Phylogenetics of the boid snake genus Epicrates and Caribbean vicariance theory. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (715): 1-68.
 
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