Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador
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Camper, Jeffrey D.
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Torres-Carvajal, Omar
Author
Ron, Santiago R.
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Nilsson, Jonas
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Arteaga, Alejandro
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Knowles, Travis W.
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Arbogast, Brian S.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.729
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10.15560/17.3.729
1809-127X
Epicrates cenchria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Figure 4A
Material examined.
ECUADOR
•
1 adult
;
Napo
Prov- ince,
4 km
down slope from
WWS
Lodge
, dead on road to
Pacto Sumaco
;
00.6714°S
,
077.5987°W
;
1100 m
a.s.l.
;
25 July 2014
;
QCAZ 12807
•
1 adult
;
Napo Province
, dead on road to
Pacto Sumaco
;
00.6932°S
,
077.6040°W
;
1267 m
a.s.l.
;
8 Aug. 2019
;
QCAZ 17532
.
Identification.
This species can be identified by its unique color pattern of red, blue, and yellow with prom- inent ocelli along the sides of the body. There are>245 ventral scales and>45 subcaudal scales. These large snakes often exceed
1.5 m
in SVL.
Habitat.
Thisspecieswasfoundinbothprimaryandsec- ondary forest as well as around human habitations. Live specimens have been seen at
WWS
lodge (
00.6756°S
,
077.6012°W
,
1504 m
a.s.l.) and at WBS (
00.6715°S
,
077.5986°W
;
1530 m
a.s.l.) (J Nilsson pers. obs.).