Epicrates angulifer

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Epicrates angulifer
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Subfamily: Boinae
Genus: Epicrates
Species: E. angulifer
Binomial name
Epicrates angulifer
Bibron, 1840
Synonyms
  • Epicrates angulifer - Bibron In de la Sagra, 1840
  • Epicrates angulifer - Boulenger, 1893[1]
Common names: Cuban boa, Cuban tree boa.[2]

Epicrates angulifer is a boid species endemic to Cuba. No subspecies are currently recognized.[3]

[edit] Conservation status

This species is classified as Lower Risk (LR), but is close to qualifying for Vulnerable (VU), on the IUCN Red List of threatened species (v2.3, 1994).[2] Year assessed: 1996.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ a b Epicrates angulifer at IUCN Red List. Accessed 17 August 2007.
  3. ^ Epicrates angulifer (TSN 202185). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 17 August 2007.
  4. ^ 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)IUCN Red List. Accessed 17 August 2007.
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