エドワード・ドリンカー・コープ
The Neo-Latin specific name "notaeus" derives from (νωταίος is a poetic form of νωτιαίος/nōtiaios). In distinguishing his new species "Eunectes notaeus" from "Eunectes murinus", Edward Drinker Cope stated, "Dorsal scales are larger and in fewer rows."