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    Species Accepted

    Epicrates alvarezi Abalos, Baez & Nader, 1964

    Argentinian Rainbow Boa
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Epicrates
    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      9 results
      Argentinian Rainbow Boa English
      Argentinische Regenbogenboa German
      Argentinsk Regnbueboa Danish
      Boa arcoiris chaqueña Spanish
      Boa arcoíris argentina Spanish
      Boa de terciopelo Spanish
      Boa enana Spanish
      Boa jarillera Spanish
      Chaco Rainbow Boa English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      18 results
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      Freiberg, M. A. (1982). Snakes of South America. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, 189 Pp.
      Smith, P., Maciel, J. ., Redin Hurtado, M. ., Galeano, S. ., Stepan, N. ., Brouard, J.-P. ., Ríos, S. D. ., Ferreira Riveros, M. ., Smith, R. L. ., Owen, M. ., Nicolay, H. ., Derna, R. ., Vera Burró, A. ., Lahaye, T. ., & Cacciali, P. . (2024). Twenty-eight new and significant departmental reptile records for Paraguay. Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 347–385.
      Rivera, P.C., Cola, V.D., Martı ́nez, J.J., Gardenal, C.N. and Chiaraviglio, M. (2011). Species Delimitation in the Continental Forms of the Genus Epicrates (Serpentes, Boidae) Integrating Phylogenetics and Environmental Niche Models. PLoS One 6 (9): E22199. Doi:10.1371/Journal.Pone.0022199.
      Scrocchi, G.J.; Moreta, J.C. & Kretzschmar, S. (2006). Serpientes del Noroeste Argento [Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Catamarca, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero]. Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, 178 Pp.
      BRIGUERA, VERÓNICA; MARGARITA CHIARA VIGUO y MERCEDES GUTIÉRREZ. (1994). COMUNICACION QUIMICA EN LA BOA ARCO IRIS EPICRATES CENCHRIA ALVAREZI (SERPENTES, BOIDAE). Bol. Asoc. Herp. Argentina 10 (1): 10-11.
      Beolens, B., & Michael Watkins, a. M. G. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.
      Mattison, & Chris. (2007). The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press.
      Biswas, A., Ghosh, A., & Agashe, M. (2025). In ’hot’pursuit: exploring the evolutionary ecology of labial pits in boas and pythons. Proceedings B, 292(2045), 20250199.
      Cabral, H., A. Romero-Muñoz, D. J. Santana, et al. (2025). Diversity Loss and Homogenization in Snake Communities in a Deforestation Hotspot. Diversity and Distributions 31, No. 10: E70105.

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