Editing Rainbow boa (section)

{{Short description|Species of snake}}
{{Redirect|Aboma|the monotypic fish taxon|Scaly boy}}
{{Distinguish|Rainbow snake (disambiguation){{!}}Rainbow snake}}
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| image = EpicratesCenchriaCenchria1.jpg
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =<ref>{{cite iucn|author1=Calderón, M.|author2=Ortega, A.|author3=Catenazzi, A.|author4=Gagliardi, G.|author5=Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.|author6=Nogueira, C. de C.|author7=Schargel, W.|author8=Rivas, G.|year=2021|title=''Epicrates cenchria''|page=e.T15154721A15154747|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T15154721A15154747.en|access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>
| genus = Epicrates
| species = cenchria
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms = {{hidden begin|title=Synonyms List}}
*''Boa cenchria'' <br>{{small|Linnaeus, 1754}}
*[''Boa''] ''Cenchria'' <br>{{small|Linnaeus, 1758}}
*''Coluber tamachia'' <br>{{small|[[Giovanni Antonio Scopoli|Scopoli]], 1788}}
*''Boa Cenchris'' <br>{{small|— [[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1788}}
*''Boa aboma'' <br>{{small|[[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1803}}
*''Boa ternatea'' <br>{{small|Daudin, 1803}}
*''Boa annulifer'' <br>{{small|Daudin, 1803}}
*[''Epicrates''] ''cenchria'' <br>{{small|— [[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1830}}
*''Cliftia fusca'' <br>{{small|[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1849}}
*''Epicarsius cupreus'' <br>{{small|[[Johann Gustav Fischer|J.G. Fischer]], 1856}}
*''Epicarsius cupreus'' <br>{{small|— Brown, 1893}}
*''Epicrates cenchris'' <br>{{small|— [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1893}}
*''Epicrates cenchria'' <br>{{small|— [[Lawrence Edmonds Griffin|Griffin]], 1916}}
*''Epicrates cenchria'' var. ''fusca'' <br>{{small|— Griffin, 1916}}
*''Epicrates cenchria cenchria'' <br>{{small|— [[:fr:Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral|Amaral]], 1930}}
*''Epicrates cenchria cenchria'' <br>{{small|— [[Olive Griffith Stull|Stull]], 1938}}
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| synonyms_ref =<ref name="McD99">[[:fr:Roy Wallace McDiarmid|McDiarmid RW]], [[Jonathan A. Campbell|Campbell]] JA, [[species:T'Shaka A. Touré|Touré TA]] (1999). ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Volume 1''. Washington, District of Columbia: Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. {{ISBN|1-893777-00-6}} (series). {{ISBN|1-893777-01-4}} (volume).</ref>
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The '''rainbow boa''' ('''''Epicrates cenchria''''') is a [[Boinae|boa]] [[species]] [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Central America|Central]] and South America. A semi-arboreal species (not only do they climb in the wild but also proven in captivity), it is known for its attractive [[iridescence|iridescent]]/holographic sheen caused by [[structural coloration]]. Five [[subspecies]] are currently recognized, including the [[Nominotypical subspecies|nominate subspecies]] described here.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|id=209561|taxon=''Epicrates cenchria ''|accessdate=10 July 2008}}</ref>