BOA CONSTRICTOR
Scientific name: Boa constrictor
Family: Boidae
Order: Squamata
Status: Non-Venomous
Habitat and Distribution
Found in Central America, Tropical South America and the Lesser Antilles. Boa Constrictors are surface dwellers that inhabit scrubland and wood regions.
About the animal:
- Fifth largest of living snakes growing to 5.5m;
- Boa constrictors are usually yellowish or grayish, with a pattern of dark brown dorsal saddles. The tail is often reddish-orange;
- Bear their young alive;
- Prey is killed by constriction before being swallowed whole.
What they eat?
Small mammals and occasional bird and lizard.
