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The rainbow boa is typically orange, brown, or reddish brown, with a paler belly and black markings: three parallel stripes on the head, rings down the back, and lateral blotches with a crescent over them, although there is a great deal of natural variation that may be heightened by artificial breeding.
Argentinian rainbow boa northern Argentina, southeastern Bolivia, western Paraguay: E. assisi: Machado, 1945 0 Caatinga rainbow boa Brazil E. cenchria T (Linnaeus, 1758) 4* Rainbow boa [2] French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina E. crassus (Cope, 1862) 0 Paraguayan rainbow boa
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.
A Brazilian rainbow boa constrictor kept at a school in England gave birth to 14 babies last month, despite having no contact with another snake for nearly a decade.
Size and weight: Epicrates maurus is the smallest of the rainbow boas, reaching lengths of 3 to 5 feet on average, [3] although length varies by subspecies. For example, the most common subspecies in captivity is the Colombian rainbow boa (E. m. colombianus) grows to 5–6 feet long and matures between 4–6 years old.
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 ...
The Paraguayan rainbow boa (Epicrates crassus) is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. [2] E. crassus.
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