Photo of a Bismarck Ringed Python (Bothrochilus boa)
Photo: Winston Poh, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist

Bismarck Ringed Python

Bothrochilus boa

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Python
Family
Pythonidae
Genus
Bothrochilus
Continents
Europe, Oceania
Countries
2
How common
Recorded in 7 places on iNaturalist

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About

Bismarck Ringed Python (Bothrochilus boa) is a non-venomous python of the family Pythonidae, found in Ireland, Papua New Guinea. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, temperate deciduous forest and 8 more. Recorded in 7 places on iNaturalist.

Where it lives

Native range

Habitats

Estimated from where this snake is recorded and what kind of snake it is - not a confirmed habitat survey.

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