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Eunectes (anaconda)

Reptilia - Boidae

Taxonomy
Eunectes was named by Wagler (1830). It is extant.

It was assigned to Boinae by Rage (1984) and Kluge (1991); and to Boidae by Carroll (1988) and Hecht and LaDuke (1997).

Species
E. stirtoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Eunectes Wagler
1984Eunectes Rage p. 18
1988Eunectes Carroll
1991Eunectes Kluge
1997Eunectes Hecht and LaDuke p. 96

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
suborderOphidia(Latreille 1804)
—Serpentes(Linnaeus 1758)
infraorderAlethinophidia
—Macrostomata
superfamilyBooideaGray 1825
familyBoidaeGray 1825
genusEunectesWagler 1830

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Eunectes Wagler 1830 [anaconda]
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†Eunectes stirtoni Hoffstetter and Rage 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available