Abaco Island Boa
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| Epicrates exsul Netting & Goin, 1944 |
The Abaco Island Boa is a slender, terrestrial, viviparous boa with an iridescent reddish sheen of the scales. It grows up to 80 cm long. It feeds on small mammals, birds and lizards. As a member of the rainbow boas (genus Epicrates), it belongs to the family of the true boas (Boidae).
Other common name : Northern Bahamas Boa.
Distribution
On the Great Abaco Island, Bahamas.
Literature :
Dirksen, L. & M. Auliya (2001): Zur Systematik und Biologie der Riesenschlangen (Boidae). -Draco, Münster, 2(1): 4–19.
McDiarmid etc. (1999): Snake species of the world, v.1.
Categories: Boas