Eunectes deschauenseei
| Eunectes deschauenseei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Subfamily: | Boinae |
| Genus: | Eunectes |
| Species: | E. deschauenseei |
| Binomial name | |
| Eunectes deschauenseei Dunn & Conant, 1936[1] | |
Eunectes deschauenseei is a nonvenomous boa species endemic to northeastern South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]
Etymology
The specific name, deschauenseei, is in honor of American ornithologist Rodolphe Meyer de Schauensee,[5] who donated a specimen to the Philadelphia Zoo in 1924.
Habitat
E. deschauenseei is both semi-aquatic and terrestrial. It is usually found in swampy, seasonally flooded freshwater areas.
Geographic range
E. deschauenseei is found in South America in northeastern Brazil, Guyana and coastal French Guiana.
The type locality given is "probably collected on the island of Marajo at the mouth of the Amazon".[1]
When this snake, commonly known as the "dark-spotted anaconda", was first found, it was given to the Philadelphia Zoo.
Reproduction
Mating probably takes place at the end of the dry season, around June to August. They can have between three and 26 neonates in a litter, with sizes ranging between 32 and 60 cm (13 and 24 in).
Pizzatto and Marques (2007) examined 5 gravid females and found the litter size ranged from 3 to 27 (x=10.6) and examined the embryos, they estimate that the young are about 0.49 m (19 in) at birth.
See also
- List of boine species and subspecies
- Boinae by common name
- Boinae by taxonomic synonyms
References
- 1 2 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ Eunectes deschauenseei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 December 2008.
- ↑ Amazon Anaconda at Mark O'Shea. Accessed 1 December 2008.
- ↑ "Eunectes deschauenseei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Eunectes deschauenseei, p. 70).
Further reading
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- Dirksen L, Henderson RW. 2002. Eunectes deschauenseei. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 755.1–755.3.
- Dirksen L. 2002. Anakondas. Monographische Revision der Gattung Eunectes (Wagler, 1830). Münster: Natur und Tier-Verlag. 187 pp. ISBN 3-931587-43-6.
- Dirksen L. 1999. "Zur Kenntnis der Anakonda-Arten (Serpentes: Boidae: Eunectes ). I. Eunectes deschauenseei Dunn & Conant, 1936 ". Herpetofauna, Weinstadt 21 (122): 12-21.
- Dunn ER, Conant R. 1936. "Notes on anacondas, with descriptions of two new species". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 88: 503-506. (Eunectes deschauenseei, new species).