Photo of a Oaxacan Dwarf Boa (Exiliboa placata)
Photo: Wouter Beukema, CC BY, via iNaturalist

Oaxacan Dwarf Boa

Exiliboa placata

Venom
Not venomous
Constrictor
Constrictor
Type
Boa
Family
Boidae
Genus
Exiliboa
Continents
North America
Countries
1
How common
Rare

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About

Oaxacan Dwarf Boa (Exiliboa placata) is a non-venomous boa of the family Boidae, found in Mexico. It lives in habitats such as tropical rainforest, tropical moist forest, tropical lowland forest, tropical montane forest and 8 more. Rare: recorded in only 2 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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