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''Epicrates gracilis'', known commonly as the Haitian tree boa, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the Boidae family. It is found on Hispaniola. ==Description== Adults may attain a total length of , which includes a tail long. Dorsally it is blackish gray, with small black spots, which are arranged in six series running down the body. Ventrally it is lighter in color. The smooth dorsal scales are arranged in 40 rows. Ventrals 282-289; anal plate entire; subcaudals 100-103 also entire. Body slender and strongly laterally compressed. Upper labials 11 or 12, the sixth and seventh (or fifth and sixth) entering the eye.〔Boulenger, G.A. 1893. ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Boidæ...'' Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). London. xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I.-XXVIII. (''Epicrates gracilis'', p. 98.)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Epicrates gracilis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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