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The boa constrictor (scientific name also Boa constrictor), also known as the common boa, is a species of large, non-venomous, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity. [5] [6] The boa constrictor is a member of the family Boidae. The species is native to tropical South America. A staple of private collections and public ...
Lichanura orcutti, also known as the rosy boa, the coastal rosy boa, or the northern three-lined boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.This species is found North of the US–Mexico border within San Diego County in California and along the coastal Peninsular Ranges, northward into the Mojave Desert and eastward in the Sonoran Desert of California and Arizona.
Boa constrictor occidentalis, also commonly known as the Argentine boa, is a subspecies of large, heavy-bodied, nonvenomous, constricting snake. [2] Boa constrictor occidentalis is a member of the family Boidae, found mostly in tropical and subtropical areas in northern Argentina and Paraguay, although some members have been reported to exist in Bolivia as well.
Boa is a genus of boas found in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Five extant species, and one extinct, are currently recognized. [1] Etymology
The generic name Boa came from an ancient Latin word for a type of large snake. The first specimens of Boa murina were of immature individuals from 75 to 90 cm (2.5 to 3.0 ft) in length. [6] In 1830, Johann Georg Wagler erected the separate genus Eunectes for Linnaeus's Boa murina after more and larger specimens were known and described. [7]
Ronaldo, a 6-foot Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor kept at a school in England, was thought to be male — until the snake gave birth to 14 babies last month.
This is a list of all extant genera, species and subspecies of the snakes of the subfamily Boinae, otherwise referred to as boines or true boas.It follows the taxonomy currently provided by ITIS, [1] which is based on the continuing work of Roy McDiarmid.
The yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus), also known as the Paraguayan anaconda, [2] is a boa species endemic to southern South America. It is one of the largest snakes in the world but smaller than its close relative, the green anaconda. No subspecies are currently recognized. Like all boas and pythons, it is non-venomous and kills its prey by ...