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Eunectes beniensis

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Reptilia
Subclassis: Diapsida
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Henophidia
Superfamilia: Booidea
Familia: Boidae
Subfamilia: Boinae
Genus: Eunectes
Species: Eunectes beniensis

Name

Eunectes beniensis Dirksen, 2002

Type locality: Bolivia (Beni: Trinidad).

Holotype: AMNH 101924; Paratypes: CBF 1675, NKR 1735, NKR, UMMZ 56863

References

* Dirksen, Lutz 2002. Anakondas. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 190 pp.
* 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). Russian Journal of Herpetology 12 (3): 223-229.
* Eunectes beniensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 Mar 2008.


Vernacular names
English: Bolivian Anaconda

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