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The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, [3] are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda of South America being the heaviest and second-longest snake known; in general, adults are medium ...
This category contains articles for taxa belonging to the Boidae family - the boas. This listing is complete and all are valid names according to the taxonomy currently available online through ITIS .
Boidae The Booidea , also known as booid snakes , are a superfamily of snakes that contains boas (family Boidae ) and other closely related boa-like snakes (but not pythons , which are in a separate superfamily called Pythonoidea).
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.
Epicrates is a genus of non-venomous snakes in the subfamily Boinae of the family Boidae. The genus is native to South America and Central America. Five species are currently recognized as being valid, including the rainbow boa. [2]
Boa species are found in northern Mexico through Central America (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) to South America north of 35°S (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina).
The family Boidae consists of the nonvenomous snakes commonly called boas and consists of 43 species. The genus Charina consists of two species , both of which are found in North America. There is debate on whether the southern rubber boa, a population found in the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains east of Los Angeles in California ...
Subfamily Boinae-- 5 genera : Genus Taxon author Species Subsp.* Common name Geographic range [1] †Bavarioboa Szyndlar and Schleich, 1993 1 0 Asian boas Europe and Asia, no specific date is known for the formation, biocorelation L.Oligcente to E. Miocene [3]