Corallus hortulana
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Corallus hortulana, previously known as Corallus hortulanus, and commonly known as the Amazon tree boa, common tree boa, garden tree boa, and macabrel, is a boa species found in South America. Previou
Corallus hortulanus in Ecuador
Adult in Peru
Boidae
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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 Pacific islands. Boas include some of the wor
Corallus hortulana
…is black. Males and females are similar in size and markings. They range from 525 to 1880 mm in length, usually from 1200 to 1500 mm." Like all other boas they have a pair of anal spurs that extend from the cloaca, which are small, claw-like remnants of vestigial hindlimbs. In the herpetoculture hobby…
Red tailed boa Rio Napo
Cloaca region of a Boa constrictor with spurs (rudimentary hindlegs)
A fossil of Boavus idelmani, an extinct species of boa
Boa type species; the boa constrictor (B. constrictor)