Eunectes beniensis DIRKSEN, 2002

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Higher Taxa	Boidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Beni Anaconda
Synonym	Eunectes beniensis DIRKSEN 2002 Eunectes beniensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 290 Eunectes beniensis — REYNOLDS & HENDERSON 2018: 21
Distribution	Bolivia (Beni, Pando) Type locality: Bolivia (Beni: Trinidad)
Reproduction	ovovivparous
Types	Holotype: AMNH 101924, adult male; Paratypes: CBF 1675, NKR 1735, NKR, UMMZ 56863
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: see map and list of localities in Powell et al. 2023: 851-852 (Table 3, Fig. 4) and Tarkhnishvili et al. 2022: 380 (Fig. 1).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Dirksen, Lutz 2002. Anakondas. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 190 pp. - get paper here Dirksen, Lutz, and Wolfgang Böhme 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). Russ. J. Herpetol. 12 (3): 223-229. - get paper here Murphy, John C. & Tom Crutchfield 2019. Giant Snakes - A Natural History. Book Services, 345 pp. - get paper here Quintana, Paola De la; Jesús A. Rivas, Federico Valdivia and Luis F. Pacheco. 2017. Home range and habitat use of Beni anacondas (Eunectes beniensis) in Bolivia. Amphibia-Reptilia, 38(4): 547-553. - get paper here Reed, R.N. and G.H. Rodda 2009. Giant Constrictors: Biological and Management Profiles and an Establishment Risk Assessment for Nine Large Species of Pythons, Anacondas, and the Boa Constrictor. U.S. Geological Survey, xviii + 323 pp. - get paper here Reynolds, R. Graham and Robert W. Henderson 2018. Boas of the World (Superfamily Booidae): A Checklist With Systematic, Taxonomic, and Conservation Assessments. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology Sep 2018, Vol. 162, No. 1: 1-58. - get paper here Rivas, L. R., Eversole, C. B., & Powell, R. L. 2023. Urban herpetofauna of Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia. Herpetology Notes, 16, 399-410 Tarkhnishvili, D., Hille, A., Waller, T., Todua, M., Murtskhvaladze, M., & Böhme, W. 2022. Morphological trends and genetic divergence in anacondas, genus Eunectes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes: Boidae). Amphibia-Reptilia, 43(4), 379-393 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.herpetology-bolivia.com/reptiles/eunectesbeniensis.htm http://www.anakondas.de/ https://www.anoleannals.org/2023/07/20/rip-skip-lazell/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/386568736901064/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/529216099302993/ Google images

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