Photo of a Colombian Boa (Boa imperator)
Photo: Robby Deans, CC BY-NC, via iNaturalist
Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Boa
Family
Boidae
Genus
Boa
Continents
North America, South America
Countries
10
How common
Common

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About

Colombian Boa (Boa imperator) is a non-venomous boa of the family Boidae, found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador and 5 more. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 41 more. Common: recorded in 1619 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.

Related snakes

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