Eunectes beniensis DIRKSEN, 2002
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Higher Taxa | Boidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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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)
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Reproduction | viviparous |
Types | Holotype: AMNH 101924, adult male; Paratypes: CBF 1675, NKR 1735, NKR, UMMZ 56863 |
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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 - 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
- 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.
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