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Boa constrictor, Vaňkovka, Brno (2)🐍

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SpeciesBoidae
Reptiles

🐍Boa constrictor

Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

왕뱀은 왕뱀과 왕뱀속(Boa 보아[*])의 유일종이자, 크고 육중한 몸을 가진 뱀으로, 흔히 사육되고 번식된다. 학명은 보아 콘스트릭토르(Boa constrictor)이다. 왕뱀은 왕뱀과에 속한다. 북아메리카, 중앙아메리카, 남아메리카, 카리브해 등지에서 발견된다. 왕뱀의 몸 무늬는 매우 다양하고 독특하다. 개인 소장품과 공개 전시에 자주 등장하며, 그 색깔 패턴은 매우 다양하면서도 독특하다. 네 가지 아종이 인정된다.

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≈ 1/18th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
3.53 kg
Body length
1.85 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
40 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Boa constrictor

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
3.53 kgrecord 35 kg · ReptTraits
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
1.85 mmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
40 yearsrecord 40 years · ReptTraits
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
125 days
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 35
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Activity cycle
Nocturnal
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Foraging mode
Mixed
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
No
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Danger to humans
harmless
SeaLifeBase
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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Snout–vent length
1.66 mmaximum recorded
ReptTraits
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
3.5 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Boa constrictor yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyBoidae
  5. ›genusBoa
  6. ›speciesBoa constrictor
Full lineage
  1. superorderLepidosauria
  2. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  3. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  4. genusBoa
All 12 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. infraorderSnakes · Serpentes
  12. genusBoa
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ボアコンストリクター (ja), Kongeboa (nb), 紅尾蚺 (zh), Boa dusiciel (pl), Boa constrictor (fr), 보아 (ko) … and 24 more languages

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