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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yata%C4%9Fanlar" title="Yatağanlar – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yatağanlar" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="یاتاغانلار – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="یاتاغانلار" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%8B" title="Удавы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Удавы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawa" title="Sawa – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Sawa" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Боидни – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Боидни" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B2ids" title="Bòids – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bòids" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrozn%C3%BD%C5%A1ovit%C3%AD" title="Hroznýšovití – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hroznýšovití" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kv%C3%A6lerslange" title="Kvælerslange – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kvælerslange" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boas_(Familie)" title="Boas (Familie) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Boas (Familie)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%82%CA%BCiish_daantsaa%C3%ADg%C3%AD%C3%AD_d%C3%B3%C3%B3_bik%CA%BC%C3%A9%C3%AD" title="Tłʼiish daantsaaígíí dóó bikʼéí – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Tłʼiish daantsaaígíí dóó bikʼéí" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boalased" title="Boalased – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Boalased" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CF%8C%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Βόας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βόας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaedoj" title="Boaedoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Boaedoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boa" title="Boa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Boa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%98%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" title="اژدرماران – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اژدرماران" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvalaraslanga" title="Kvalaraslanga – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Kvalaraslanga" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boa" title="Boa – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Boa" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai-n%C3%A0m-s%C3%A0" title="Thai-nàm-sà – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Thai-nàm-sà" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%99%95%EB%B1%80%EA%B3%BC" title="왕뱀과 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="왕뱀과" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Վիշապներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիշապներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C5%BEljono%C5%A1ke" title="Kržljonoške – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kržljonoške" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86%D0%BB%D1%85%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC" title="Æлхъивгалм – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Æлхъивгалм" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrkisl%C3%B6ngur" title="Kyrkislöngur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Kyrkislöngur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="חנקיים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="חנקיים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A9%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="მახრჩობელასებრნი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მახრჩობელასებრნი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BB%D2%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F%D2%9B%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Жалғанаяқтылар – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жалғанаяқтылар" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejdehmar" title="Ejdehmar – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Ejdehmar" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BD%C5%86audz%C4%93j%C4%8D%C5%ABsku_dzimta" title="Žņaudzējčūsku dzimta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Žņaudzējčūsku dzimta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smaugliniai" title="Smaugliniai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Smaugliniai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93ri%C3%A1sk%C3%ADgy%C3%B3-f%C3%A9l%C3%A9k" title="Óriáskígyó-félék – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Óriáskígyó-félék" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Удави – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Удави" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%84%D9%87_(%D9%81%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86)" title="اصله (فصيله من الثعابين) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اصله (فصيله من الثعابين)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuzenslangen" title="Reuzenslangen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Reuzenslangen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%82%A2%E7%A7%91" title="ボア科 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ボア科" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boidae" title="Boidae – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Boidae" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boas" title="Boas – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Boas" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boaslanger" title="Boaslanger – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Boaslanger" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" 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For the artificial intelligence program, see <a href="/wiki/Boids" title="Boids">Boids</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox biota" style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Boidae<br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">Temporal range: <span class="noprint"><span style="display:inline-block;"></span><span style="display:inline-block;">70.6–0 <a href="/wiki/Megaannum" class="mw-redirect" title="Megaannum">Ma</a></span> <span style="display:inline-block;"></span><div id="Timeline-row" style="margin: 4px auto 0; clear:both; width:220px; padding:0px; height:18px; overflow:visible; white-space:nowrap; border:1px #666; border-style:solid none; position:relative; z-index:0; font-size:97%;"> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; left:0px; width:207.23076923077px; padding-left:5px; text-align:left; background-color:rgb(254,217,106); background-image: linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255,255,255,1), rgba(254,217,106,1) 15%, rgba(254,217,106,1));"><a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">PreꞒ</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(127,160,86); left:37.636923076923px; width:17.583076923077px;"><a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Ꞓ</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(0,146,112); left:55.22px; width:14.807692307692px;"><a href="/wiki/Ordovician" title="Ordovician">O</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(179,225,182); left:70.027692307692px; width:7.9470769230769px;"><a href="/wiki/Silurian" title="Silurian">S</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(203,140,55); left:77.974769230769px; width:20.564923076923px;"><a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">D</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(103,165,153); left:98.539692307692px; width:20.294153846154px;"><a href="/wiki/Carboniferous" title="Carboniferous">C</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(240,64,40); left:118.83384615385px; width:15.907015384615px;"><a href="/wiki/Permian" title="Permian">P</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(129,43,146); left:134.74086153846px; width:17.092984615385px;"><a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">T</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(52,178,201); left:151.83384615385px; width:19.732307692308px;"><a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">J</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(127,198,78); left:171.56615384615px; width:26.095384615385px;"><a href="/wiki/Cretaceous" title="Cretaceous">K</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(253,154,82); left:197.66153846154px; width:14.540307692308px;"><a href="/wiki/Paleogene" title="Paleogene">Pg</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:100%; text-align:center; background-color:rgb(255,230,25); left:212.20184615385px; width:6.9249230769231px;"><a href="/wiki/Neogene" title="Neogene">N</a></div> <div id="end-border" style="position:absolute; height:100%; background-color:#666; width:1px; left:219px"></div><div style="margin:0 auto; line-height:0; clear:both; width:220px; padding:0px; height:8px; overflow:visible; background-color:transparent; position:relative; top:-4px; z-index:100;"><div style="position:absolute; height:8px; left:196.10461538462px; width:23.895384615385px; background-color:#360; opacity:0.42;"></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:8px; left:196.10461538462px; width:23.895384615385px; background-color:#360; opacity:1;"></div> <div style="position:absolute; height:6px; top:1px; left:197.10461538462px; width:21.895384615385px; background-color:#6c3;"></div> </div> </div></span> <a href="/wiki/Late_Cretaceous" title="Late Cretaceous">Late Cretaceous</a> to Present</div> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Boa_constrictor_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Boa_constrictor_%282%29.jpg/250px-Boa_constrictor_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Boa_constrictor_%282%29.jpg/330px-Boa_constrictor_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Boa_constrictor_%282%29.jpg/440px-Boa_constrictor_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="314" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Boa constrictor (<i><a href="/wiki/Boa_constrictor" title="Boa constrictor">Boa constrictor</a></i>) </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Boidae" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile">Reptilia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squamata" title="Squamata">Squamata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Suborder: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">Serpentes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Superfamily: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Booidea" title="Booidea">Booidea</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Boidae</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">Gray</a>, 1825<sup id="cite_ref-Gray1825_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray1825-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-McD99_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McD99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Subfamilies </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <p><a href="/wiki/Boinae" title="Boinae">Boinae</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Calabar_python" title="Calabar python">Calabariinae</a><sup id="cite_ref-Calabaria_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Calabaria-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Candoia" title="Candoia">Candoiinae</a><sup id="cite_ref-Candoia_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Candoia-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Erycinae" title="Erycinae">Erycinae</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Sanziniinae" title="Sanziniinae">Sanziniinae</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Ungaliophiinae" title="Ungaliophiinae">Ungaliophiinae</a> </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>Boidae</b>, commonly known as <b>boas</b> or <b>boids</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are a <a href="/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> of nonvenomous <a href="/wiki/Snake" title="Snake">snakes</a> primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the <a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">green anaconda</a> of South America being the <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_snakes" title="List of largest snakes">heaviest and second-longest snake</a> known; in general, adults are medium to large in size, with females usually larger than the males. Six <a href="/wiki/Subfamily" title="Subfamily">subfamilies</a> comprising 14-15 <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genera</a> and 54-67 <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> are currently recognized.<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boidae&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like the <a href="/wiki/Pythonidae" title="Pythonidae">pythons</a>, boas have elongated <a href="/wiki/Supratemporal" class="mw-redirect" title="Supratemporal">supratemporal</a> bones. The <a href="/wiki/Quadrate_bone" title="Quadrate bone">quadrate bones</a> are also elongated, but not as much, while both are capable of moving freely so when they swing sideways to their maximum extent, the distance between the hinges of the lower jaw is greatly increased.<sup id="cite_ref-P&G77_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P&G77-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rudimentary_hindlegs_spurs_in_Boa_constrictor_snake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rudimentary_hindlegs_spurs_in_Boa_constrictor_snake.jpg/220px-Rudimentary_hindlegs_spurs_in_Boa_constrictor_snake.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="190" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rudimentary_hindlegs_spurs_in_Boa_constrictor_snake.jpg/330px-Rudimentary_hindlegs_spurs_in_Boa_constrictor_snake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rudimentary_hindlegs_spurs_in_Boa_constrictor_snake.jpg/440px-Rudimentary_hindlegs_spurs_in_Boa_constrictor_snake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1784" data-file-height="1544" /></a><figcaption>Cloaca region of a <i>Boa constrictor</i> with spurs (rudimentary hindlegs)</figcaption></figure><p> 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 <a href="/wiki/Pelvic_girdle" class="mw-redirect" title="Pelvic girdle">pelvic girdle</a> with hind limbs that are partially visible as a pair of <a href="/wiki/Spur_(zoology)" title="Spur (zoology)">spurs</a>, one on either side of the <a href="/wiki/Cloaca" title="Cloaca">vent</a>. In males, these <a href="/wiki/Anal_spurs" class="mw-redirect" title="Anal spurs">anal spurs</a> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-P&G77_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P&G77-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boids are, however, distinguished from the pythons in that none has postfrontal bones or premaxillary teeth, and that they give birth to live young. When <a href="/wiki/Infrared_sensing_in_snakes" title="Infrared sensing in snakes">labial pits</a> 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 where they do coexist, the tendency is for them to occupy different habitats.<sup id="cite_ref-P&G77_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-P&G77-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boavus_idelmani.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Boavus_idelmani.JPG/220px-Boavus_idelmani.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Boavus_idelmani.JPG/330px-Boavus_idelmani.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Boavus_idelmani.JPG/440px-Boavus_idelmani.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1614" data-file-height="790" /></a><figcaption>A fossil of <i><a href="/wiki/Boavus" title="Boavus">Boavus</a> idelmani</i>, an extinct species of boa</figcaption></figure> <p>Formerly, boas were said to be found in the <a href="/wiki/New_World" title="New World">New World</a> and pythons in the <a href="/wiki/Old_World" title="Old World">Old World</a>. While this is true of <a href="/wiki/Boinae" title="Boinae">boine boas</a>, other boid species are present in Africa, much of southern Eurasia, <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a>, so this is not accurate. However, they seem more abundant in evolutionarily isolated areas. South America was isolated until a few million years ago, with a <a href="/wiki/Fauna" title="Fauna">fauna</a> that included <a href="/wiki/Marsupial" title="Marsupial">marsupials</a> and other distinctive <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammals</a>. With the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Panama" title="Isthmus of Panama">Panamanian land bridge</a> to North America about three million years ago, boines have migrated north as <a href="/wiki/Colubridae" title="Colubridae">colubrids</a> (and various <a href="/wiki/Nearctic" class="mw-redirect" title="Nearctic">Nearctic</a> mammals) have migrated south, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Great_American_Interchange" title="Great American Interchange">Great American Interchange</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution_and_habitat">Distribution and habitat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boidae&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Distribution and habitat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most species are found in North, Central, and South America, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, while a few are found in southeastern Europe and <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a>, North, Central and East Africa, <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a>, Central and Southwestern Asia, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesian islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Moluccas" class="mw-redirect" title="Moluccas">Moluccas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_New_Guinea" title="Western New Guinea">West Papua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Talaud_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Talaud Islands">Talaud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sulawesi" title="Sulawesi">Sulawesi</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a> through <a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McD99_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McD99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Feeding">Feeding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boidae&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Feeding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Prey is killed by <a href="/wiki/Constriction" title="Constriction">constriction</a>; 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, the snake prevents its prey from inhaling, so that it eventually succumbs to <a href="/wiki/Asphyxia" title="Asphyxia">asphyxiation</a>. Recently, the pressures produced during constriction have been suggested as the cause of cardiac arrest by interfering with blood flow, but this hypothesis has not yet been confirmed. </p><p>Larger specimens usually eat animals about the size of a <a href="/wiki/Cat" title="Cat">domestic cat</a>, but larger food items are not unknown: the diet of the green anaconda (<i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes_murinus" class="mw-redirect" title="Eunectes murinus">Eunectes murinus</a></i>) is known to include subadult <a href="/wiki/Tapir" title="Tapir">tapirs</a>. Prey is swallowed whole, and may take several days or even weeks to fully digest. Despite their intimidating size and muscular power, they are generally not dangerous to humans. </p><p>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 to breathe while it is being constricted.<sup id="cite_ref-Meh87_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Meh87-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sti74_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sti74-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Car63_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Car63-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boidae&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reproduction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most species of boa are <a href="/wiki/Ovoviviparity" title="Ovoviviparity">ovoviviparous</a>, with females giving birth to live young. This is in contrast to the <a href="/wiki/Pythonidae" title="Pythonidae">pythons</a>, which lay eggs (<a href="/wiki/Oviparity" title="Oviparity">oviparous</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subfamilies">Subfamilies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boidae&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Subfamilies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse;"> <tbody><tr> <th bgcolor="#f0f0f0">Subfamily<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th bgcolor="#f0f0f0">Taxon author<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th bgcolor="#f0f0f0">Genera<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th bgcolor="#f0f0f0">Species<sup id="cite_ref-ITIS_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITIS-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th bgcolor="#f0f0f0">Common name </th> <th bgcolor="#f0f0f0">Geographic range<sup id="cite_ref-McD99_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McD99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boinae" title="Boinae">Boinae</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">Gray</a>, 1825<sup id="cite_ref-Gray1825_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gray1825-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td align="center">34 </td> <td>true boas </td> <td style="width:40%"><a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central</a> and South America and the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Calabariinae<sup id="cite_ref-Calabaria_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Calabaria-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">Gray</a>, 1858 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Calabar_python" title="Calabar python">Calabar python</a> </td> <td>tropical <a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Africa" title="Central Africa">Central Africa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Candoia" title="Candoia">Candoiinae</a><sup id="cite_ref-Candoia_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Candoia-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Pyron, Burbink & Wiens, 2013 </td> <td align="center">1 </td> <td align="center">5 </td> <td>bevel-nosed boas or keel-scaled boas </td> <td>from <a href="/wiki/Sulawesi" title="Sulawesi">Sulawesi</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Maluku_Islands" title="Maluku Islands">Maluku Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melanesia" title="Melanesia">Melanesia</a> to <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tokelau" title="Tokelau">Tokelau</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Erycinae" title="Erycinae">Erycinae</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lucien_Bonaparte" title="Charles Lucien Bonaparte">Bonaparte</a>, 1831 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td align="center">18 </td> <td>Old World sand boas </td> <td>Southern and Southeastern Europe, <a href="/wiki/Asia_Minor" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia Minor">Asia Minor</a>, North, Central, West and East Africa, <a href="/wiki/Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabia">Arabia</a>, Central and Southwest Asia, India, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, western Canada, the western United States, and northwestern Mexico </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sanziniinae" title="Sanziniinae">Sanziniinae</a> </td> <td>Romer, 1956 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">4 </td> <td>Madagascan boas or Malagasy boas </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ungaliophiinae" title="Ungaliophiinae">Ungaliophiinae</a> </td> <td>McDowell, 1987 </td> <td align="center">2 </td> <td align="center">3 </td> <td>neotropical dwarf boas </td> <td>Central and South America from southern Mexico to Colombia </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Type_genus" title="Type genus">Type genus</a> = <i><a href="/wiki/Boa_(genus)" title="Boa (genus)">Boa</a></i> – Gray, 1825<sup id="cite_ref-McD99_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McD99-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boidae&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Taxonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Pythonidae" title="Pythonidae">Pythons</a> were historically classified as a subfamily of Boidae (called Pythoninae), but it was later determined that they are not closely related to boas despite having superficial similarities.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds14_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds14-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Almost all of the <a href="/wiki/Boinae" title="Boinae">non-boine</a> boids are frequently elevated to their own full families: Calabariidae/inae, Candoiidae/inae, Charinidae/inae, Erycidae/inae, Sanziniidae/inae, and Ungaliophiidae/inae.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds14_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds14-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The taxonomy of boid snakes has been long debated, and ultimately the decision whether to assign a particular clade to a particular <a href="/wiki/Linnaean_taxonomy" title="Linnaean taxonomy">Linnaean rank</a> (such as a <a href="/wiki/Superfamily_(zoology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Superfamily (zoology)">superfamily</a>, <a href="/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Subfamily" title="Subfamily">subfamily</a>) is arbitrary. </p><p>The subfamily Ungaliophiinae was formerly made up of four genera. Two of them (<i><a href="/wiki/Tropidophis" title="Tropidophis">Tropidophis</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Trachyboa" title="Trachyboa">Trachyboa</a></i>) are actually more closely related to the American pipe snake (<i><a href="/wiki/Anilius" title="Anilius">Anilius scytale</a></i>) than to the boas, and are now placed in the family <a href="/wiki/Tropidophiidae" title="Tropidophiidae">Tropidophiidae</a> within the superfamily <a href="/wiki/Amerophidia" title="Amerophidia">Amerophidia</a>. The other two genera (<i><a href="/wiki/Ungaliophis" title="Ungaliophis">Ungaliophis</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Exiliboa" title="Exiliboa">Exiliboa</a></i>) are the sister group of the <i><a href="/wiki/Charina" title="Charina">Charina</a></i>/<i><a href="/wiki/Lichanura" title="Lichanura">Lichanura</a></i> clade within Boidae.<sup id="cite_ref-Reynolds14_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reynolds14-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Pyronetal2014_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pyronetal2014-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boidae&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boa_constrictor,_Va%C5%88kovka,_Brno_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Boa type species; the boa constrictor (B. constrictor)"><img alt="Boa type species; the boa constrictor (B. constrictor)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Boa_constrictor%2C_Va%C5%88kovka%2C_Brno_%282%29.jpg/120px-Boa_constrictor%2C_Va%C5%88kovka%2C_Brno_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Boa_constrictor%2C_Va%C5%88kovka%2C_Brno_%282%29.jpg/180px-Boa_constrictor%2C_Va%C5%88kovka%2C_Brno_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Boa_constrictor%2C_Va%C5%88kovka%2C_Brno_%282%29.jpg/240px-Boa_constrictor%2C_Va%C5%88kovka%2C_Brno_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Boa_(genus)" title="Boa (genus)">Boa</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Type_species" title="Type species">type species</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Boa_constrictor" title="Boa constrictor">boa constrictor</a> (<i>B</i>. <i>constrictor</i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Puerto_rican_boa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chilabothrus type species; the Puerto Rican boa (C. inornatus)"><img alt="Chilabothrus type species; the Puerto Rican boa (C. inornatus)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Puerto_rican_boa.jpg/120px-Puerto_rican_boa.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Puerto_rican_boa.jpg/250px-Puerto_rican_boa.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Chilabothrus" title="Chilabothrus">Chilabothrus</a></i> type species; the <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_boa" title="Puerto Rican boa">Puerto Rican boa</a> (<i>C</i>. <i>inornatus</i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Corallus_hortulanus_head,_Peru.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Corallus type species; the Amazon tree boa (C. hortulana)"><img alt="Corallus type species; the Amazon tree boa (C. hortulana)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Corallus_hortulanus_head%2C_Peru.jpg/120px-Corallus_hortulanus_head%2C_Peru.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Corallus_hortulanus_head%2C_Peru.jpg/180px-Corallus_hortulanus_head%2C_Peru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Corallus_hortulanus_head%2C_Peru.jpg/240px-Corallus_hortulanus_head%2C_Peru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3654" data-file-height="2436" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Corallus" title="Corallus">Corallus</a></i> type species; the Amazon tree boa (<a href="/wiki/Corallus_hortulana" title="Corallus hortulana"><i>C</i>. <i>hortulana</i></a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:EpicratesCenchriaCenchria1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Epicrates type species; the rainbow boa (E. cenchria)"><img alt="Epicrates type species; the rainbow boa (E. cenchria)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/EpicratesCenchriaCenchria1.jpg/120px-EpicratesCenchriaCenchria1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/EpicratesCenchriaCenchria1.jpg/250px-EpicratesCenchriaCenchria1.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Epicrates_(snake)" title="Epicrates (snake)">Epicrates</a></i> type species; the <a href="/wiki/Rainbow_boa" title="Rainbow boa">rainbow boa</a> (<i>E</i>. <i>cenchria</i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sucuri_verde.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eunectes type species; the green anaconda (E. murinus)"><img alt="Eunectes type species; the green anaconda (E. murinus)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Sucuri_verde.jpg/120px-Sucuri_verde.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Sucuri_verde.jpg/180px-Sucuri_verde.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Sucuri_verde.jpg/240px-Sucuri_verde.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Eunectes" class="mw-redirect" title="Eunectes">Eunectes</a></i> type species; the <a href="/wiki/Green_anaconda" title="Green anaconda">green anaconda</a> (<i>E</i>. <i>murinus</i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pazifikboa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Candoia type species; the Pacific ground boa (C. carinata)"><img alt="Candoia type species; the Pacific ground boa (C. carinata)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Pazifikboa.jpg/120px-Pazifikboa.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Pazifikboa.jpg/180px-Pazifikboa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Pazifikboa.jpg/240px-Pazifikboa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="741" data-file-height="514" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Candoia" title="Candoia">Candoia</a></i> type species; the Pacific ground boa (<a href="/wiki/Candoia_carinata" title="Candoia carinata"><i>C</i>. <i>carinata</i></a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Calabar_Serpent2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Calabaria type species; the Calabar python (C. reinhardtii)"><img alt="Calabaria type species; the Calabar python (C. reinhardtii)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Calabar_Serpent2.jpg/120px-Calabar_Serpent2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Calabar_Serpent2.jpg/250px-Calabar_Serpent2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Calabaria</i> type species; the <a href="/wiki/Calabar_python" title="Calabar python">Calabar python</a> (<i>C</i>. <i>reinhardtii</i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charina_bottae_190641815.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charina type species; the northern rubber boa (C. bottae)"><img alt="Charina type species; the northern rubber boa (C. bottae)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Charina_bottae_190641815.jpg/120px-Charina_bottae_190641815.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Charina_bottae_190641815.jpg/180px-Charina_bottae_190641815.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Charina_bottae_190641815.jpg/240px-Charina_bottae_190641815.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1365" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Charina" title="Charina">Charina</a></i> type species; the <a href="/wiki/Rubber_boa" title="Rubber boa">northern rubber boa</a> (<i>C</i>. <i>bottae</i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Eryx_jaculus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eryx type species; the javelin sand boa (E. jaculus)"><img alt="Eryx type species; the javelin sand boa (E. jaculus)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Eryx_jaculus.jpg/120px-Eryx_jaculus.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Eryx_jaculus.jpg/180px-Eryx_jaculus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Eryx_jaculus.jpg/240px-Eryx_jaculus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2436" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Eryx_(snake)" title="Eryx (snake)">Eryx</a></i> type species; the javelin sand boa (<a href="/wiki/Eryx_jaculus" title="Eryx jaculus"><i>E. jaculus</i></a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lichanura-trivirgata.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lichanura type species; the desert rosy boa (L. trivirgata)"><img alt="Lichanura type species; the desert rosy boa (L. trivirgata)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Lichanura-trivirgata.jpg/120px-Lichanura-trivirgata.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Lichanura-trivirgata.jpg/180px-Lichanura-trivirgata.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Lichanura-trivirgata.jpg/240px-Lichanura-trivirgata.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="465" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Lichanura" title="Lichanura">Lichanura</a></i> type species; the <a href="/wiki/Desert_rosy_boa" title="Desert rosy boa">desert rosy boa</a> (<i>L. trivirgata</i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dumeril%27s_Madagascar_ground_boa_(Acrantophis_dumerili)_male_head_Isalo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Acrantophis type species; Dumeril's boa (A. dumerili)"><img alt="Acrantophis type species; Dumeril's boa (A. dumerili)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Dumeril%27s_Madagascar_ground_boa_%28Acrantophis_dumerili%29_male_head_Isalo.jpg/120px-Dumeril%27s_Madagascar_ground_boa_%28Acrantophis_dumerili%29_male_head_Isalo.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Dumeril%27s_Madagascar_ground_boa_%28Acrantophis_dumerili%29_male_head_Isalo.jpg/180px-Dumeril%27s_Madagascar_ground_boa_%28Acrantophis_dumerili%29_male_head_Isalo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Dumeril%27s_Madagascar_ground_boa_%28Acrantophis_dumerili%29_male_head_Isalo.jpg/240px-Dumeril%27s_Madagascar_ground_boa_%28Acrantophis_dumerili%29_male_head_Isalo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5226" data-file-height="3484" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Acrantophis" title="Acrantophis">Acrantophis</a></i> type species; Dumeril's boa (<i><a href="/wiki/Acrantophis_dumerili" title="Acrantophis dumerili">A. dumerili</a></i>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ferme_des_Reptiles_-_Sanzinia_madagascariensis_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sanzinia type species; the Madagascar tree boa (S. madagascariensis)"><img alt="Sanzinia type species; the Madagascar tree boa (S. madagascariensis)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Ferme_des_Reptiles_-_Sanzinia_madagascariensis_02.jpg/120px-Ferme_des_Reptiles_-_Sanzinia_madagascariensis_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Ferme_des_Reptiles_-_Sanzinia_madagascariensis_02.jpg/250px-Ferme_des_Reptiles_-_Sanzinia_madagascariensis_02.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i><a href="/wiki/Sanzinia" title="Sanzinia">Sanzinia</a></i> type species; the Madagascar tree boa (<i><a href="/wiki/Sanzinia_madagascariensis" title="Sanzinia madagascariensis">S. madagascariensis</a></i>)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boidae&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_boine_species_and_subspecies" title="List of boine species and subspecies">List of boine species and subspecies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_erycine_species_and_subspecies" title="List of erycine species and subspecies">List of erycine species and subspecies</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boidae&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 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(2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://home.gwu.edu/~rpyron/publications/Pyron_et_al_2014a.pdf">"A Taxonomic Revision of Boas (Serpentes: Boidae)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Zootaxa</i>. <b>3846</b> (2): <span class="nowrap">249–</span>260. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.11646%2Fzootaxa.3846.2.5">10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.5</a>. <a href="/wiki/PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25112250">25112250</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://home.gwu.edu/~rpyron/publications/Pyron_et_al_2014a.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2022-10-09.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Zootaxa&rft.atitle=A+Taxonomic+Revision+of+Boas+%28Serpentes%3A+Boidae%29&rft.volume=3846&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E249-%3C%2Fspan%3E260&rft.date=2014&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.11646%2Fzootaxa.3846.2.5&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F25112250&rft.aulast=Pyron&rft.aufirst=R.+A.&rft.au=Reynolds%2C+R.+G.&rft.au=Burbrink%2C+F.+T.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fhome.gwu.edu%2F~rpyron%2Fpublications%2FPyron_et_al_2014a.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABoidae" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Boidae&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li>Kluge, A.G. 1991. <i>Boine Snake Phylogeny and Research Cycles</i>. Misc. Pub. Museum of Zoology, Univ. of Michigan No. 178. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/56422/1/MP178.pdf">PDF</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/">University of Michigan Library</a>. 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