Epicrates

Epicrates adalah genus ular boa yang terdapat di wilayah Karibia, Hindia Barat, Amerika Tengah, dan Amerika Selatan. Saat ini terdapat 5 spesies.

Epicrates

Taksonomi
KerajaanAnimalia
FilumChordata
KelasReptilia
OrdoSquamata
FamiliBoidae
GenusEpicrates
Wagler, 1830
Tata nama
Sinonim takson
  • 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]

Spesies
  • Epicrates alvarezi ABALOS, BAEZ & NADER, 1964
  • Epicrates assisi MACHADO, 1945
  • Epicrates cenchria (LINNAEUS, 1758) - Boa pelangi
  • Epicrates crassus COPE, 1862
  • Epicrates maurus GRAY, 1849

Referensi
  1. 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).

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