Epicrates exsul
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| Epicrates exsul | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Subfamily: | Boinae |
| Genus: | Epicrates |
| Species: | E. exsul |
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| Epicrates exsul Netting & Goin, 1944[1] |
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- Common names: Abaco Island boa, Northern Bahamas boa.
Epicrates exsul is a nonvenomous boa species found in the Bahamas. No subspecies are currently recognized.[2]
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[edit] Description
Slender and terrestrial with an iridescent reddish sheen. It grows to a maximum of 80 cm (31.5 in.) in length and feeds on small mammals, birds and lizards.
[edit] Geographic range
Found in the Bahamas on Grand Bahama Island and Great Abaco Island, including Elbow Cay and Little Abaco Island. The type locality given is "Near Blackrock (approximately 26°49'N. lat. and 77°25'30"W. long.) on the east coast of Great Abaco in the Bahamas."[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 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).
- ^ "Epicrates exsul". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=634797. Retrieved 10 July 2008.
- Netting, M.G. & C.J. Goin. 1944. Another new boa of the genus Epicrates from the Bahamas. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 30:71-76.
[edit] Further reading
- Dirksen L, Auliya M. 2001. Zur Systematik und Biologie der Riesenschlangen (Boidae). -Draco, Münster, 2(1): 4-19.
- Tolson PJ, Henderson RW. The natural history of West Indian boas. R & A Publishing Limited, Somerset, UK, 1993, 125 pp.
[edit] External links
- Epicrates exsul at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 July 2008.
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