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Snakes:

Any member of the Boidae, a family of medium to large, non-venomous, constricting snakes.
Any member of the Boinae, a subfamily of boid snakes.
Any member of Boa (genus), a group of boid snakes.
Any member of the Bolyeriidae, a.k.a. Round Island boas, a small family of non-venomous snakes from Mauritius and nearby islands.
Any member of the Tropidophiidae, a.k.a. dwarf boas, a family of non-venomous snakes found in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

Boidae

Boidae

Boa constrictor, Boa constrictor

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Infraorder:	Alethinophidia
Family:	Boidae Gray, 1825

Synonyms

Boidae - Gray, 1825^[1]

Common names: boas, boids.^[2]

The Boidae are a family of non-venomous snakes found in the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia and some Pacific Islands. Relatively primitive snakes, adults are medium to large in size, with females usually larger than the males. The name is derived from the Latin term bos, meaning "cow", and is based on an old myth that boas pursue cows and suckle them until they are drained to death. Two subfamilies comprising eight genera and 43 species are currently recognized.^[2]

Description

Like the pythons, boids have elongated supratemporal bones. The quadrate bones are also elongated, but not as much, while both are capable of moving freely so that when they swing sideways to their maximum extent, the distance between the hinges of the lower jaw is greatly increased.^[3]

Both families share a number of primitive characteristics. Nearly all have a relatively rigid lower jaw with a coronoid element, as well as a vestigial pelvic girdle with hind limbs that are partially visible as a pair of spurs, one on either side of the vent. In males, these anal spurs are larger and more conspicuous than in females. A long row of palatal teeth is present and most species have a functional left lung that can be up to 75% as large as the right lung.^[3]^[4]

Boids are, however, distinguished from the pythons in that none have postfrontal bones or premaxillary teeth, and that they give birth to live young. When labial pits are present, these are located between the scales as opposed to on them. Also, their geographical distributions are almost entirely mutually exclusive. In the few areas that they do coexist, the tendency is for them to occupy different habitats.^[3]

It used to be said that boas are found in the New World and pythons in the Old World, but with boid species found on Madagascar, Fiji and the Solomon Islands, this is not quite true. Instead, it seems that they have survived in evolutionarily isolated areas. After all, South America had, until a few million years ago, a distinct fauna that included marsupial and mammals. With the land bridge to North America, boids have migrated north as placental mammals and colubrids have migrated south.

Common names

The Old Tupi name for such snakes was mbói, which figures in the etymology of names like jibóia and boitatá (the Brazilian name for the mythical Giant anaconda).

Geographic range

Found in Northern, Central and South America, the Caribbean, southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, Northern, Central and East Africa, Madagascar and Reunion Island, the Arabian Peninsula, Central and southwestern Asia, India and Sri Lanka, the Moluccas and New Guinea through to Melanesia and Samoa.^[1]

Feeding

Prey is killed by a process known as constriction; after an animal has been grasped to restrain it, a number of coils are hastily wrapped around it. Then, by applying and maintaining sufficient pressure to prevent it from inhaling, the prey eventually succumbs due to asphyxiation. It has recently been suggested that the pressures produced during constriction cause cardiac arrest by interfering with blood flow, but this hypothesis has not yet been confirmed.

Larger specimens usually eat animals about the size of a house cat, but larger food items are not unknown: the diet of the common anaconda, Eunectes murinus, is known to include subadult tapirs. Prey is swallowed whole, and may take anywhere from several days or even weeks to fully digest. Despite their intimidating size and muscular power, they are generally not dangerous to humans.

Contrary to popular belief, even the larger species do not crush their prey to death; in fact, prey is not even noticeably deformed before it is swallowed. The speed with which the coils are applied is impressive and the force they exert may be significant, but death is caused by suffocation, with the victim not being able to move its ribs in order to breathe while it is being constricted.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Reproduction

Most species are ovoviviparous, with females giving birth to live young. This is in contrast to the pythons, which all lay eggs (oviparous).

Subfamilies

Subfamily^[2]	Taxon author^[2]	Genera^[2]	Species^[2]	Common name	Geographic range^[1]
Boinae	Gray, 1825	5	28	True boas	Central and South America, Africa, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Mauritius, the Maluku Islands and New Guinea.
Erycinae	Bonaparte, 1831	3	15	Old World sand boas	South and southeastern Europe, Asia Minor, north, central, west and east Africa, Arabia, central and southwestern Asia, India, Sri Lanka. Also in southwestern Canada, the western United States and northwestern Mexico.

Type genus = Boa - Gray, 1825^[1]

Taxonomy

Pythons are sometimes classified as a subfamily of Boidae, the Pythoninae, but are in this case listed under their own family, the Pythonidae. In the same way, the Old World sand boas, the Erycinae, are also frequently listed under their own family, the Erycidae.

Boinae

Boinae

Boa constrictor, Boa constrictor

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Subfamily:	Boinae Gray, 1825

Synonyms

Boina - Gray, 1825
Aproterodontes - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
Boaeides - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
Boinae - Boulenger, 1890^[1]

Common names: boas.

The Boinae are a subfamily of non-venomous boas found in Central and South America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Five genera comprising 28 species are currently recognized.^[2]

Geographic range

Found in Central and South America, Africa, Madagascar, Reunion Island, Mauritius, the Maluku Islands and New Guinea.^[1]

Genera

Genus^[2]	Taxon author^[2]	Species^[2]	Subsp.*^[2]	Common name^[2]	Geographic range^[1]
Boa^T	Linnaeus, 1758	4	9	Boas	Mexico, Central America, South America, Madagascar and on Reunion Island.
Candoia	Gray, 1842	4	2	Bevel-nosed boas	from Samoa and Tokelau west through Melanesia to New Guinea and the Maluku Islands.
Corallus	Daudin, 1803	7	2	Neotropical tree boas	Central America, South America and the West Indies. In Central America they occur in Honduras, eastern Guatemala through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. Its range in South America includes Pacific Colombia and Ecuador, as well as the Amazon Basin from Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia through Brazil to Venezuela, Isla Margarita, Trinidad, Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. In the West Indies it is found on St. Vincent, the Grenadines (Bequia Island, Ile Quatre, Baliceaux, Mustique, Canouan, Maryeau, Union Island, Petit Martinique and Carriacou), Grenada and the Windward Islands (Lesser Antilles).
Epicrates	Wagler, 1830	10	21	Rainbow boas	Lower Central America through South America as far south as Argentina, as well as in the West Indies.
Eunectes	Wagler, 1830	3	1	Anacondas	Tropical South America from Colombia and Venezuela south to Argentina.

*) Not including the nominate subspecies.
^T) Type genus.^[1]

Taxonomy

Some sources also include the genera Acrantophis and Sanzinia, which are synonymized here with the genus Boa.

References
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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
↑ ^2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 Boidae (TSN 174321). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 14 July 2008. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "ITIS" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Parker HW, Grandison AGC. 1977. Snakes — a natural history. Second Edition. British Museum (Natural History) and Cornell University Press. 108 pp. 16 plates. LCCCN 76-54625. ISBN 0-8014-1095-9 (cloth), ISBN 0-8014-9164-9 (paper).
↑ Boidae at VMNH. Accessed 15 July 2008.
↑ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
↑ Stidworthy J. 1974. Snakes of the World. Grosset & Dunlap Inc. 160 pp. ISBN 0-448-11856-4.
↑ Carr A. 1963. The Reptiles. Life Nature Library. Time-Life Books, New York. 192 pp. LCCCN 63-12781.

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[McD99-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).

[ITIS-2] 2.00 ^2.01 ^2.02 ^2.03 ^2.04 ^2.05 ^2.06 ^2.07 ^2.08 ^2.09 ^2.10 ^2.11 Boidae (TSN 174321). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 14 July 2008. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "ITIS" defined multiple times with different content

[P.26G77-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Parker HW, Grandison AGC. 1977. Snakes — a natural history. Second Edition. British Museum (Natural History) and Cornell University Press. 108 pp. 16 plates. LCCCN 76-54625. ISBN 0-8014-1095-9 (cloth), ISBN 0-8014-9164-9 (paper).

[4] Boidae at VMNH. Accessed 15 July 2008.

[Meh87-5] Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.

[Sti74-6] Stidworthy J. 1974. Snakes of the World. Grosset & Dunlap Inc. 160 pp. ISBN 0-448-11856-4.

[Car63-7] Carr A. 1963. The Reptiles. Life Nature Library. Time-Life Books, New York. 192 pp. LCCCN 63-12781.

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 * Any member of the [[Bolyeriidae]], a.k.a. Round Island boas, a small family of non-venomous snakes from Mauritius and nearby islands.
 * Any member of the [[Tropidophiidae]], a.k.a. dwarf boas, a family of non-venomous snakes found in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
+==Boidae==
+{{Taxobox
+| name = Boidae
+| image = Boa constrictor (2).jpg
+| image_caption = Boa constrictor, ''[[Boa constrictor|Boa&nbsp;constrictor]]''
+| regnum = [[Animalia]]
+| phylum = [[Chordata]]
+| subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
+| classis = [[Reptilia]]
+| ordo = [[Squamata]]
+| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
+| infraordo = [[Alethinophidia]]
+| familia = '''Boidae'''
+| familia_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825
+| synonyms = * ''Boidae'' - Gray, 1825<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref>
+}}
+:'''''Common names:''' boas, boids.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=174321|taxon=Boidae|year=2008|date=14 July}}</ref>''
+The '''Boidae''' are a [[Family (biology)|family]] of non-venomous [[snake]]s found in the [[Americas]], [[Africa]], [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and some Pacific Islands. Relatively primitive snakes, adults are medium to large in size, with females usually larger than the males. The name is derived from the Latin term ''bos'', meaning "cow", and is based on an old myth that boas pursue cows and suckle them until they are drained to death. Two [[Subfamily|subfamilies]] comprising eight [[genus|genera]] and 43 [[species]] are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS"/>
+==Description==
+Like the [[Pythonidae|pythons]], boids have elongated supratemporal bones. The quadrate bones are also elongated, but not as much, while both are capable of moving freely so that when they swing sideways to their maximum extent, the distance between the hinges of the lower jaw is greatly increased.<ref name="P&G77">Parker HW, Grandison AGC. 1977. Snakes — a natural history. Second Edition. British Museum (Natural History) and Cornell University Press. 108 pp. 16 plates. LCCCN 76-54625. ISBN 0-8014-1095-9 (cloth), ISBN 0-8014-9164-9 (paper).</ref>
+Both families share a number of primitive characteristics. Nearly all have a relatively rigid lower jaw with a coronoid element, as well as a vestigial pelvic girdle with hind limbs that are partially visible as a pair of spurs, one on either side of the vent. In males, these [[anal spurs]] are larger and more conspicuous than in females. A long row of palatal teeth is present and most species have a functional left lung that can be up to 75% as large as the right lung.<ref name="P&G77"/><ref name="">[http://www.curator.org/legacyvmnh/weboflife/kingdom/P_Chordata/ClassReptilia/O_Squamata/InfraSnakes/FBoidae/boidae.htm Boidae] at [http://www.curator.org/ VMNH]. Accessed [[15 July]] [[2008]].</ref>
+Boids are, however, distinguished from the pythons in that none have postfrontal bones or premaxillary teeth, and that they give birth to live young. When labial pits are present, these are located between the scales as opposed to on them. Also, their geographical distributions are almost entirely mutually exclusive. In the few areas that they do coexist, the tendency is for them to occupy different habitats.<ref name="P&G77"/>
+It used to be said that boas are found in the [[New World]] and pythons in the [[Old World]], but with boid species found on [[Madagascar]], [[Fiji]] and the [[Solomon Islands]], this is not quite true. Instead, it seems that they have survived in evolutionarily isolated areas. After all, [[South America]] had, until a few million years ago, a distinct [[fauna]] that included [[marsupial]] and [[mammal]]s. With the land bridge to North America, boids have migrated north as [[placental]] mammals and [[Colubridae|colubrids]] have migrated south.
+==Common names==
+The [[Old Tupi language|Old Tupi]] name for such snakes was ''mbói'', which figures in the [[etymology]] of names like ''jibóia'' and ''boitatá'' (the [[Brazil]]ian name for the mythical [[Giant anaconda]]).
+==Geographic range==
+Found in [[North America|Northern]], [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], the [[Caribbean]], southeastern [[Europe]] and [[Asia Minor]], [[North Africa|Northern]], [[Central Africa|Central]] and [[East Africa]], [[Madagascar]] and [[Reunion Island]], the [[Arabian Peninsula]], [[Central Asia|Central]] and southwestern [[Asia]], [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]], the [[Moluccas]] and [[New Guinea]] through to [[Melanesia]] and [[Samoa]].<ref name="McD99"/>
+==Feeding==
+Prey is killed by a process known as ''[[constriction]]''; after an animal has been grasped to restrain it, a number of coils are hastily wrapped around it. Then, by applying and maintaining sufficient pressure to prevent it from inhaling, the prey eventually succumbs due to [[asphyxia|asphyxiation]]. It has recently been suggested that the pressures produced during constriction cause cardiac arrest by interfering with blood flow, but this hypothesis has not yet been confirmed.
+Larger specimens usually eat animals about the size of a house cat, but larger food items are not unknown: the diet of the common anaconda, ''[[Eunectes murinus]]'', is known to include subadult [[tapir]]s. Prey is swallowed whole, and may take anywhere from several days or even weeks to fully digest.  Despite their intimidating size and muscular power, they are generally not dangerous to humans.
+Contrary to popular belief, even the larger species do not crush their prey to death; in fact, prey is not even noticeably deformed before it is swallowed. The speed with which the coils are applied is impressive and the force they exert may be significant, but death is caused by suffocation, with the victim not being able to move its ribs in order to breathe while it is being constricted.<ref name="Meh87">Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.</ref><ref name="Sti74">Stidworthy J. 1974. Snakes of the World. Grosset & Dunlap Inc. 160 pp. ISBN 0-448-11856-4.</ref><ref name="Car63">Carr A. 1963. The Reptiles. Life Nature Library. Time-Life Books, New York. 192 pp. LCCCN 63-12781.</ref>
+==Reproduction==
+Most species are [[Ovoviviparity|ovoviviparous]], with females giving birth to live young. This is in contrast to the [[Pythonidae|pythons]], which all lay eggs ([[Oviparity|oviparous]]).
+==Subfamilies==
+{|cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;"
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Subfamily<ref name="ITIS"/>
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Taxon author<ref name="ITIS"/>
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Genera<ref name="ITIS"/>
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species<ref name="ITIS"/>
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range<ref name="McD99"/>
+|-
+|[[Boinae]]
+|[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825
+|align="center"|5
+|align="center"|28
+|True boas
+|style="width:40%"|[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], [[Africa]], [[Madagascar]], [[Reunion Island]], [[Mauritius]], the [[Maluku Islands]] and [[New Guinea]].
+|-
+|[[Erycinae]]
+|[[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1831
+|align="center"|3
+|align="center"|15
+|Old World sand boas
+|South and southeastern [[Europe]], [[Asia Minor]], north, central, west and east Africa, [[Arabia]], central and southwestern [[Asia]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]]. Also in southwestern [[Canada]], the western [[United States]] and northwestern [[Mexico]].
+|-
+|}
+[[Type genus]] = ''[[Boa (genus)|Boa]]'' - Gray, 1825<ref name="McD99"/>
+==Taxonomy==
+Pythons are sometimes classified as a subfamily of Boidae, the Pythoninae, but are in this case listed under their own family, the [[Pythonidae]]. In the same way, the Old World sand boas, the [[Erycinae]], are also frequently listed under their own family, the Erycidae.
+==Boinae==
+{{Taxobox
+| name = Boinae
+| image = Boa constrictor (2).jpg
+| image_caption = Boa constrictor, ''[[Boa constrictor|Boa&nbsp;constrictor]]''
+| regnum = [[Animalia]]
+| phylum = [[Chordata]]
+| subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
+| classis = [[Reptilia]]
+| ordo = [[Squamata]]
+| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
+| familia = [[Boidae]]
+| subfamilia = '''Boinae'''
+| subfamilia_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825
+| synonyms = * Boina - Gray, 1825
+* Aproterodontes - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
+* Boaeides - A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
+* Boinae - Boulenger, 1890<ref name="McD99">McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).</ref>
+}}
+:'''''Common names:''' boas.''
+The '''Boinae''' are a [[Subfamily (biology)|subfamily]] of non-venomous [[Boidae|boa]]s found in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], [[Africa]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. Five [[Genus|genera]] comprising 28 [[species]] are currently recognized.<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS|ID=634391|taxon=Boinae|year=2008|date=8 July}}</ref>
+==Geographic range==
+Found in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]], [[Africa]], [[Madagascar]], [[Reunion Island]], [[Mauritius]], the [[Maluku Islands]] and [[New Guinea]].<ref name="McD99"/>
+==Genera==
+{|cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse;"
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Genus<ref name="ITIS"/>
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Taxon author<ref name="ITIS"/>
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Species<ref name="ITIS"/>
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Subsp.*<ref name="ITIS"/>
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Common name<ref name="ITIS"/>
+!bgcolor="#f0f0f0"|Geographic range<ref name="McD99"/>
+|-
+|''[[Boa (genus)|Boa]]''<font size="-1"><sup>T</sup></font>
+|[[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758
+|align="center"|4
+|align="center"|9
+|Boas
+|style="width:40%"|[[Mexico]], [[Central America]], [[South America]], [[Madagascar]] and on [[Reunion Island]].
+|-
+|''[[Candoia]]''
+|[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1842
+|align="center"|4
+|align="center"|2
+|Bevel-nosed boas
+|from [[Samoa]] and [[Tokelau]] west through [[Melanesia]] to [[New Guinea]] and the [[Maluku Islands]].
+|-
+|''[[Corallus]]''
+|[[François Marie Daudin|Daudin]], 1803
+|align="center"|7
+|align="center"|2
+|Neotropical tree boas
+|Central America, South America and the [[West Indies]]. In Central America they occur in [[Honduras]], eastern [[Guatemala]] through [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Panama]]. Its range in South America includes Pacific [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]], as well as the [[Amazon Basin]] from Colombia, Ecuador, [[Peru]] and northern [[Bolivia]] through [[Brazil]] to [[Venezuela]], [[Isla Margarita]], [[Trinidad]], [[Tobago]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]] and [[French Guiana]]. In the West Indies it is found on [[St. Vincent]], the [[Grenadines]] (Bequia Island, Ile Quatre, [[Baliceaux]], [[Mustique]], [[Canouan]], Maryeau, [[Union Island]], [[Petit Martinique]] and [[Carriacou]]), [[Grenada]] and the [[Windward Islands]] ([[Lesser Antilles]]).
+|-
+|''[[Epicrates (genus)|Epicrates]]''
+|[[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1830
+|align="center"|10
+|align="center"|21
+|Rainbow boas
+|Lower Central America through South America as far south as [[Argentina]], as well as in the West Indies.
+|-
+|''[[Eunectes]]''
+|Wagler, 1830
+|align="center"|3
+|align="center"|1
+|Anacondas
+|Tropical South America from Colombia and Venezuela south to Argentina.
+|-
+|}
+''*) Not including the nominate subspecies.''<br>
+<font size="-1"><sup>T</sup></font>) [[Type genus]].<ref name="McD99"/>
+==Taxonomy==
+Some sources also include the genera ''Acrantophis'' and ''Sanzinia'', which are synonymized here with the genus ''[[Boa (genus)|Boa]]''.
+==See also==
+* [[List of boine species and subspecies]]
+* {{c|Boinae by common name}}
+* {{c|Boinae by taxonomic synonyms}}
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+==Further reading==
+<div class="references-small">
+* Kluge AG. 1991. Boine Snake Phylogeny and Research Cycles. Misc. Pub. Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan No. 178. [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/56422/1/MP178.pdf PDF] at [http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/ University of Michigan Library]. Accessed [[8 July]] [[2008]].
+</div>
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Boidae

Description

Common names

Geographic range

Feeding

Reproduction

Subfamilies

Taxonomy

Boinae

Geographic range

Genera

Taxonomy

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