Eunectes
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| Anacondas | |
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| Green anaconda, E. murinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Cless: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Faimily: | Boidae |
| Subfaimily: | Boinae |
| Genus: | Eunectes Wagler, 1830[1] |
| Teep species | |
| Eunectes murinus | |
| Synonyms | |
Eunectes is a genus o boas foond in tropical Sooth Americae. Thay are an aquatic group o snakes an include ane o the lairgest snakes in the warld, E. murinus, the green anaconda. The name Eunectes is derived frae the Greek wird Eυνήκτης, which means "guid soummer". Fower species are currently recognised.[2][3]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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).
- ↑ "Eunectes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 18 Julie 2008.
- ↑ Eunectes beniensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 December 2008.
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