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. [2]

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 …

The term boa is a common name for a variety of nonvenomous constricting snakes. There are more than 40 species of true boas (family Boidae). In addition, boa may also refer to two other …

Members of the genus Boa Linnaeus, 1758 are remarkably generalists with respect to several niche axes. The generalist habits of boas has led them to colonize the New World [3], with a …

We provide a comprehensive checklist of all 66 species and 33 subspecies of booid snakes recognized herein, distributed among 14 genera and six families. For each species and …

The Boa genus contains 3 known species: Boa constrictor, Boa imperator, and Boa sigma. Until the last decade, it was thought that it was a monotypic genus containing only B. constrictor. …

Most species of boa are ovoviviparous, with females giving birth to live young. This is in contrast to the pythons, which lay eggs (oviparous). Type genus = Boa – Gray, 1825 [2]

Contents: 7 species, of which 4 (57.1%) are endemic. Remarks: Kluge (1991) regarded Acrantophis and Sanzinia as synonyms of Boa. During the first half of the twentieth century, …

In 1758 Linnaeus created the genus Boa; he named Boa constrictor and Boa orophias and placed them in the newly created genus. Over the next two and a half centuries scientists placed …

Boa is a genus of non-venomous boas found in Mexico, Central and South America, Madagascar, and on Reunion Island. Four species are currently recognized (ITIS 2004b). The largest …