Black False Boa
Pseudoboa nigra
- Venom
- Not venomous
- Constrictor
- Not documented
- Type
- Colubrid
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Pseudoboa
- Continents
- South America
- Countries
- 5
- How common
- Common
- Diet
- Eats other snakes
About
Black False Boa (Pseudoboa nigra) is a non-venomous colubrid of the family Colubridae, found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru. It is known to eat other snakes. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical dry forest and 32 more. Common: recorded in 209 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.
- Tropical Rainforest
- Tropical Moist Forest
- Tropical Lowland Forest
- Tropical Dry Forest
- Tropical Seasonal Forest
- Subtropical Forest
- Subtropical Dry Forest
- Evergreen Forest
- Broadleaf Forest
- Coastal Forest
- Woodland
- Dry Woodland
- Open Woodland
- Scrub Forest
- Thorn Forest
- Mountain Forest
- Savanna
- Tropical Savanna
- Wet Savanna
- Grassland
- Tropical Grassland
- Shrubland
- Scrubland
- Semi-Desert
Related snakes
- Pseudoboa krait
- Southeastern Scarlet Snake Pseudoboa serrana
- Coal Snake Pseudoboa neuwiedii
- Paraná False Boa Pseudoboa haasi
- Crowned False Boa Pseudoboa coronata
- Pale Collared Scarlet Snake Pseudoboa martinsi
Stay safe: a photo or a web page can never tell you for certain that a snake is harmless. Keep your distance, never handle a wild snake, and get medical help straight away after any bite.