Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

Citeli, Nathalie, Hamdan, Breno & Guedes, Thais, 2016, Snake richness in urban forest fragments from Niteroi and surroundings, state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, Biodiversity Data Journal 4, pp. 7145-7145 : 7145

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7145

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scientific name

Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758
status

 

Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

Ecological interactions

Conservation status

Least Concern

Distribution

Recorded in forested and open areas of the Atlantic Forest. Municipality of Niterói. State of Rio de Janeiro. Brazil

Notes

It is semi-arboreal, diurnal and nocturnal and feeds mostly on vertebrates (birds and mammals) (Fig. 6).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Boidae

Genus

Boa