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    The boa constrictor (scientific name also Boa constrictor), also known as the common boa, is a species of large, non-venomous, heavy-bodied snake that...
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    Boa imperator (or Boa constrictor imperator in common usage) is a large and heavy-bodied arboreal species of nonvenomous, constrictor-type snake in the...
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  • Look up boa constrictor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boa constrictor is a large South American constricting snake. Boa constrictor may also refer...
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  • "Boa Constrictor" is a song written by Shel Silverstein and originally featured on his 1962 album Inside Folk Songs. The song was covered by Johnny Cash...
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    Boa constrictor occidentalis, also commonly known as the Argentine boa, is a subspecies of large, heavy-bodied, nonvenomous, constricting snake. Boa constrictor...
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    Titanoboa (redirect from Titanic Boa)
    2 in – 15 ft 5 in) range for the monitor. Prehistoric snakes Anaconda Boa constrictor Python (genus) Rodríguez García, Gabriel; Londoño, Ana Cristina (2002)...
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    into Boa, based on a phylogeny derived from morphological characters. However, it has since been shown that the Malagasy boids and Boa constrictor do not...
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  • belief, the snake does not suffocate the victim.  Instead, a study of boa constrictors showed that constriction halts blood flow and prevents oxygen from...
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    Boa sigma, known commonly as the Mexican west coast boa constrictor, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to western Mexico...
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    Green anaconda (redirect from Boa scytale)
    species murina of his new genus Boa, which contained eight other species, including Boa constrictor. The generic name Boa came from an ancient Latin word...
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  • Boa imperator sabogae (previously Boa constrictor sabogae) is a subspecies of large, heavy-bodied snake. It is a member of the family Boidae. This subspecies...
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    The Bahamian pygmy boa constrictor (Tropidophis canus), also known as the Inagua trope or Bahama wood snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the...
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    for food and crafting jewelry from their fins. In 1999, the initial boa constrictor was discovered in Aruba. Despite attempts to control their growth,...
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    largest within the family (505–646 mm SVL, 80–237 g). Only neonatal Boa constrictor and Eunectes murinus are of comparable sizes. C. angulifer reaches...
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  • Tropidophiidae, a.k.a. dwarf boas, a family of non-venomous snakes found in Central America, South A common name for Boa constrictor Bank of America, a large...
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  • families. They include anacondas, pythons and boa constrictors, which are all non-venomous constrictors. The longest venomous snake, with a length up...
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    Charina/Lichanura clade within Boidae. Boa type species; the boa constrictor (B. constrictor) Chilabothrus type species; the Puerto Rican boa (C. inornatus) Corallus...
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    subspecies of Boa constrictor. According to the IUCN Red List, Boa orophias is a species, which they have listed as Endangered. Daltry, J.C. (2018). "Boa orophias"...
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    cut close to the winds of the knot. The boa knot is related to the strangle knot and the double constrictor knot. It combines both the structure and...
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  • history". genomics.senescence.info. Retrieved 2023-02-25. "Boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) longevity, ageing, and life history". genomics.senescence...
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    majority of boa species (such as Boa constrictor) are found in the Americas and the Caribbean, or, in the case of the terrestrial sand boas (subfamily:...
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    Giant constrictors: Biological and management profiles and an establishment risk assessment for nine large species of pythons, anacondas, and the boa constrictor...
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    Anolis equestris (Knight anole) Anolis sagrei (Brown anole) Boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) Caiman crocodilus (Spectacled caiman) Chamaeleo calyptratus...
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  • affecting captive specimens of the boid family of snakes, particularly Boa constrictor. It has been recognized since the mid-1970s. It is so named because...
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    The constrictor knot is one of the most effective binding knots. Simple and secure, it is a harsh knot that can be difficult or impossible to untie once...
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  • best known for a twenty-minute dance which she performed with two boa constrictors called 'Elmer and Oscar'. Zorita was born Kathryn Boyd in Youngstown...
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  • stricto Boa constrictor, boa constrictor or red-tailed boa Boa constrictor constrictor, red-tailed boa constrictor or red-tailed boa Boa constrictor longicauda...
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    City) was an American dancer and entertainer. Also known as the "Human Boa Constrictor", he acquired the nickname "snakehips" via the dance he popularized...
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    of Madagascar. Its common names include the Madagascar ground boa and Malagasy ground boa. This species is included in the Boidae family of snakes, subfamily...
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  • Constrictor may refer to: Any snake that kills its prey by constriction A taxonomic synonym for Boa, also known as "boas", a genus of non-venomous boas...
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