Eunectes Wagler 1830 (anaconda)

Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae

Parent taxon: Boidae according to M. Hecht and T. LaDuke 1997

See also Carroll 1988 and Kluge 1991

Sister taxa: Boinae, Cadurcoboa, Candoia, Charina, Chilabothrus, Daunophis, Dawsonophis, Erycinae, Hechtophis, Lithophis, Messelophis, Neurodromicus, Palaeopython, Paleryx, Paraplatyspondylia, Plesiotortrix, Python, Rageophis, Rieppelophis, Totlandophis, Tropidophiinae, Tropidophis, Ungaliophiinae

Subtaxa: Eunectes stirtoni

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Venezuela (1 collection)

• Miocene of Brazil (1), Colombia (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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