Types of Boas
Differences Between a Boa, Python, & Anaconda By Andrea Sigust; Updated April 10, 2018 Most people become confused when they try to identify the differences between boas, pythons and anaconda snakes, even though anacondas are a subset of boa snakes.
The boa constrictor (Boa constrictor), also called the red-tailed boa or the common boa, is a species of large, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity. The boa constrictor is a member of the family Boidae, found in tropical North, Central, and South America, as well as some islands in the Caribbean.
Formerly, boas were said to be found in the New World and pythons in the Old World. While this is true of boine boas, other boid species are present in Africa, much of southern Eurasia, Madagascar, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands, so this is not accurate. However, they seem more abundant in evolutionarily isolated areas.
Common names: Calabar ground boa, burrowing boa, Calabar boa, more. The Calabar python (Calabaria reinhardtii) is a nonvenomous boa species endemic to west and central Africa
Candoia is a genus of non-venomous boas found mostly in New Guinea and Melanesia. Four species are currently recognized. Common names include: bevel-nosed boas, keel-scaled boas.
Dumeril’s Boa (Boa dumerili) Dumeril’s boas are medium-sized snakes, very stocky in build and calm in temperament. Dumeril’s boas are clad in a variety of colors -- peaches, tans, browns, grays, greens and reds.
Corallus caninus, commonly called the emerald tree boa, is a non-venomous boa species found in the rainforests of South America. Since 2009 the species Corallus batesii has been distinguished from C. caninus.
The Madagascar ground boa (Acrantophis madagascariensis) is a relatively large, heavy-bodied, ground-dwelling snake. Its colouration comprises a pattern of brown, tan and black, helping to camouflage it against the leaf litter in its habitat .
Common names: Old World sand boas. The Erycinae are a subfamily of nonvenomous snakes, commonly called boas, found in Europe, Asia Minor, Africa, Arabia, central and southwestern Asia, India, Sri Lanka, and western North America. Three genera comprising 15 species are currently recognized.
Epicrates cenchria is a boa species endemic to Central and South America.Common names include the rainbow boa, and slender boa.A terrestrial species, it is known for its attractive iridescent sheen caused by structural coloration.
The rosy boa is a snake species in the boa family. It is one of only two boa family species native to the United States, the other being the rubber boa. The rosy boa is native to the American Southwest and Baja California and Sonora in Mexico.
Rubber boas are the most northerly of boa species. The distribution of rubber boas covers a large portion of the western United States, stretching from the Pacific Coast east to western Utah and Montana, as far south as the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains east of Los Angeles in California, and as far north as southern British Columbia.
Titanoboa, / t i ˌ t ɑː n oʊ ˈ b oʊ ə / is an extinct genus of snakes that is known to have lived in present-day La Guajira in northeastern Colombia. Fossils of Titanoboa have been found in the Cerrejón Formation, and date to around 58 to 60 million years ago.