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Rainbow Boa
Epicrates cenchria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Current SSAR Comments:
Newly listed species. Native to the Amazon Basin of South America with a disjunct population in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. It was introduced via the pet trade in Gainesville, Alachua County, Hollywood, Broward County, and Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida (Krysko et al., 2011, Zootaxa 3028: 1–64), and is established around Turkey Point Power Plant, Homestead, Miami-Dade County, Florida (Asher and Krysko, 2024, Reptiles & Amphibians 31(E22335): 1-2.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1758 Linné, Carl von (=Linneaus). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [System of Nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species with characters, differences, synonyms, places.] 10th Edition, Volume 1, L. Salvius, Stockholm. iv + 826pp.
2011 Krysko, Kenneth L., Joseph P. Burgess, Michael R. Rochford, Christopher R. Gillette, Daniel Cueva, Kevin M. Enge, Louis A. Somma, Jennifer L. Stabile, Dustin C. Smith, Joseph A. Wasilewski, Guy N. Kieckhefer III, Michael C. Granatosky & Stuart V. Nielsen. Verified non-indigenous amphibians and reptiles in Florida from 1863 through 2010: Outlining the invasion process and identifying invasion pathways and stages. Zootaxa 3028(1):1-64
2024 Asher, Jonathan G. and Kenneth L. Krysko. The Rainbow Boa, Epicrates cenchria (Linnaeus 1758) (Squamata: Boidae), another established non-native snake in Florida Reptiles & Amphibians 31(E22335):1-2

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