Eunectes deschauenseei

Eunectes deschauenseei
Dark-Spotted Anaconda
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
Synonyms
  • Eunectes deschauenseei - Dunn & Conant, 1936[1]
Common names: dark-spotted anaconda,[2] De Schauensee’s anaconda.[3]

Eunectes deschauenseei is a non-venomous boa species found in northeastern South America. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]

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Geographic range

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]

Commonly known as the “dark-spotted anaconda”. When this snake was first found, it was given to the Philadelphia Zoo.[citation needed] The Dark-Spotted Anaconda is found in Guyana and certain parts of Brazil, there have been 102 of these found on record.[citation needed] Mating probably takes place at the end of the dry season, around June–August. They can have between 3–26 neonates in a litter, with sizes ranging between 32–60 cm.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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).
  2. ^ Eunectes deschauenseei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 December 2008.
  3. ^ Amazon Anaconda at Mark O'Shea. Accessed 1 December 2008.
  4. ^ "Eunectes deschauenseei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634801. Retrieved 30 November 2008. 

Further reading

  • 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).- Natur und Tier-Verlag Münster. ISBN 3-931587-43-6. 187 pp.
  • 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.


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