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✎ Andrés Rodriguez

✎ Andrés Rodriguez

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Boa
Boa constrictorAmazon region

  • Generalities
  • Morpho-functionality
  • Lifecycle
  • Distribution

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Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Boa
Boa constrictor

This species has pelvic spurs, these are vestiges of the hind legs; males use them during copulation. They are viviparous, the juveniles are born alive and are independent shortly after birth. They usually reproduce during the dry season, generally during the months of April to August, the gestation lasts from five to eight months depending on the temperatures, the size of the litter is approximately 25 young, but they can have up to 64. They are long-lived snakes, living up to 30 years in the wild or 40 years in captivity.

Conservation status

Extinct

Extinct in the Wild

Critically Endangered

Endangered

Vulnerable

Near Threatened

Least Concern

Not Evaluated

Data Deficient

Morpho-functionality

Teeth

They have aggliform dentition and are not poisonous

Mouth

They are able to separate the jaw to be able to swallow their prey whole

Muscles

They use the muscles of the body to kill their prey by constriction, and they have lost the sternum which allows them to expand their ribs and pass food

Lifecycle

This species has pelvic spurs, these are vestiges of the hind legs; males use them during copulation. They are viviparous, the juveniles are born alive and are independent shortly after birth. They usually reproduce during the dry season, generally during the months of April to August, the gestation lasts from five to eight months depending on the temperatures, the size of the litter is approximately 25 young, but they can have up to 64. They are long-lived snakes, living up to 30 years in the wild or 40 years in captivity.

Boa

Distribution

This species has pelvic spurs, these are vestiges of the hind legs; males use them during copulation. They are viviparous, the juveniles are born alive and are independent shortly after birth. They usually reproduce during the dry season, generally during the months of April to August, the gestation lasts from five to eight months depending on the temperatures, the size of the litter is approximately 25 young, but they can have up to 64. They are long-lived snakes, living up to 30 years in the wild or 40 years in captivity.

Distribution area