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    The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some...
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    the Greek word "Titan" in addition to Boa, the type genus of the family Boidae. The species name is a reference to the Cerrejón region it is known from...
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    likely possible in all species of Eunectes and several other species of Boidae. According to the founding myth of the Huni Kuin, a man named Yube fell...
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    geographically isolated Sanziniinae (found in Madagascar) and the rest of Boidae, along with fossil evidence. Approaches vary depending on the scenario considered...
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  • world, measured either by length or by weight, are various members of the Boidae and Pythonidae families. They include anacondas, pythons and boa constrictors...
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    The rubber boa (Charina bottae) is a species of snake in the family Boidae and is native to western North America. It is sometimes known as the coastal...
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    kept and bred in captivity. The boa constrictor is a member of the family Boidae. The species is native to tropical South America. A staple of private collections...
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    Arabian sand boa or Jayakar's sand boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula and Iran where it spends...
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    Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), Boinae is considered an invalid synonym of Boidae. ) Not including the nominate subspecies. T) Type genus. The genera Acrantophis...
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    Lichanura (category Boidae)
    Lichanura, the rosy boas, are a genus of snakes in the family Boidae. They are distributed across the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico...
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    Allain, Steven J. R. (2021). "A Review of Prey Taken by Anacondas (Squamata: Boidae: Eunectes)". IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians. 28 (2): 329–334. doi:10.17161/randa...
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    a species of non-venomous snake in the subfamily Erycinae of the family Boidae. The species is native to Southern Asia. No subspecies are recognised. Adults...
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    Paleontology portal Australian megafauna Ehmann, Harald (1993). "33. Family Boidae" (PDF). In C.G.Glasby G.J.B.Ross P.L.Beesley (ed.). Amphibia and Reptilia...
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    commonly as the southern rubber boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to the United States, in southern California. The...
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    viviparity (giving live birth) common in vipers like most of the species of Boidae. All viperids have a pair of relatively long solenoglyphous (hollow) fangs...
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    and a key to the species of the genus Eunectes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes: Boidae)". Russian Journal of Herpetology. 12 (3): 223–229. doi:10...
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    prey-to-predator weight ratio is often much higher than for other types of Boidae. Cannibalism has been observed in this species, though it is not clear how...
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    [citation needed] Pythons are oviparous. This sets them apart from the family Boidae (boas), most of which bear live young (ovoviviparous). After they lay their...
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    Chilabothrus striatus, the Hispaniolan boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to Hispaniola (split between Haiti and the Dominican...
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    a species of nonvenomous snake in the subfamily Erycinae of the family Boidae. The species is endemic to Iran, Pakistan, and India. There are no subspecies...
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    jaculus, known commonly as the javelin sand boa, is a species of snake in the Boidae family. It is the type species of the genus Eryx. Eryx jaculus is found...
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    in the systematics within the group. For instance, many sources classify Boidae and Pythonidae as one family, while some keep the Elapidae and Hydrophiidae...
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  • Thumbnail for Eunectes deschauenseei
    Schauensee's anaconda, is a species of snake in the subfamily Boinae of the family Boidae. The species is native to northeastern South America. Like all boas, it...
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    New Guinea ground boa, or viper boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. As its common name suggests, it is found in New Guinea (in the Papua province...
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    Indonesian tree boa,[citation needed] is a species of snake in the family Boidae. C. carinata is found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago...
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    through the Oligocene. Madtsoiidae was first classified as a subfamily of Boidae, Madtsoiinae, in Hoffstetter (1961). Further study and new finds allowed...
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  • List of fauna of Washington (state) "Washington Herp Atlas". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. June 2009. Archived from the original on 9 April...
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  • Indotyphlops braminus (Daudin, 1803) Order: Squamata · Family: Boidae Boids or boas (Boidae) are a family of non-venomous snakes, native to America, Africa...
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    Epicrates crassus is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.;...
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    Lacertidae and Scincidae; and eighteen snake species of four families – Boidae, Colubridae, Typhlopidae and Viperidae. In addition, in recent years one...
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