How do boas and pythons differ?

What are the common characteristics of pythons and boas, and the boa vs python differences. read more

Yet, such giants are just the tip of the iceberg, for boas and pythons come in a wide range of shapes and sizes. True, the enormous reticulated python (Python reticulatus) can exceed twenty feet in length. The wee anthill python (Antaresia perthensis), meanwhile, usually attains a child-like twenty inches. read more

Boas (Boidae) and Pythons (Pythonidae) are very similar in some ways. Both species comprise some of the biggest, heaviest snakes in the world. The Burmese Python (15 feet and 400 lb) is ranked second only to the Green Anaconda (20 feet and 500 lb) in potential size. read more

• Both these include the large species compared to many of the snakes, but pythons are longer than boas. • Pythons have more teeth than boas do. • The number of bones in the head is higher in python than in boa. • Pythons lay eggs and incubate them at the outside, whereas boas give birth to young after incubating the eggs inside the body. read more