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Large-scaled Pit Viper
Viperidae

Large-scaled Pit Viper

Craspedocephalus macrolepis Beddome, 1862

Craspedocephalus macrolepis is a large-scaled arboreal viper endemic to high elevation southern Western Ghats, India.

Malabarian Pit Viper
Viperidae

Malabarian Pit Viper

Craspedocephalus malabaricus (Jerdon, 1854)

Craspedocephalus malabaricus, the Malabar pit viper, is a venomous snake endemic to the Western Ghats of India.

Ashy Pit Viper
Viperidae

Ashy Pit Viper

Craspedocephalus puniceus (Boie, 1827)

Craspedocephalus puniceus is a reptile species found across parts of Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia with distinct physical and scalation traits.

Sri Lankan Green Pit Viper
Viperidae

Sri Lankan Green Pit Viper

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus (Donndorff, 1798)

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus is an endemic Sri Lankan arboreal, viviparous, sexually dimorphic pit viper.

False Coral Snake
Aniliidae

False Coral Snake

Anilius scytale (Linnaeus, 1758)

Anilius scytale is a rare fossorial northern South American snake that most closely resembles the ancestral snake condition.

Madagascar Ground Boa
Boidae

Madagascar Ground Boa

Acrantophis madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)

Acrantophis madagascariensis is Madagascar's largest endemic constrictor snake, found in northern, western, and central open woodlands.

Dumeril's Boa
Boidae

Dumeril's Boa

Acrantophis dumerili Jan, 1860

Acrantophis dumerili, Dumeril's ground boa, is a Madagascar-dwelling boa species with specific size, habitat, and reproductive traits.

Nosy Komba ground boa
Boidae

Nosy Komba ground boa

Sanzinia volontany Vences & Glaw, 2004

Sanzinia volontany, the Nosy Komba ground boa, is a non-venomous brown boa endemic to western Madagascar.

Madagascar tree boa
Boidae

Madagascar tree boa

Sanzinia madagascariensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1844)

Sanzinia madagascariensis is an ovoviviparous snake endemic to Madagascar that lives in waterside trees and shrubs.

Garden Tree Boa
Boidae

Garden Tree Boa

Corallus hortulana (Linnaeus, 1758)

Corallus hortulana, commonly called Amazon tree boa, is a widely distributed boa species with varied coloration and little-studied wild reproduction.

Dormilona
Boidae

Dormilona

Corallus ruschenbergerii (Cope, 1875)

Corallus ruschenbergerii is a large nocturnal tree boa found across Lower Central America and northern South America.

Emerald Tree Boa
Boidae

Emerald Tree Boa

Corallus caninus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Corallus caninus, the emerald tree boa, is a non-venomous South American snake with characteristic emerald adult coloration.

Ringed Tree Boa
Boidae

Ringed Tree Boa

Corallus annulatus (Cope, 1875)

Corallus annulatus is a snake with a distinct brownish-red base pattern found across parts of Central and South America.

Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa
Boidae

Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa

Corallus batesii (Gray, 1860)

Corallus batesii, the Amazon Basin emerald tree boa, is a large ovoviviparous boa native to Amazon Basin jungles.

Boa Constrictor
Boidae

Boa Constrictor

Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

Boa constrictor, the common boa, is a large non-venomous South American boid snake commonly kept in captivity.

Central American Boa
Boidae

Central American Boa

Boa imperator Daudin, 1803

Boa imperator is a variable-sized, variable-pattern boa species native to Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America.

Green Anaconda
Boidae

Green Anaconda

Eunectes murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Eunectes murinus, the green anaconda, is the world's heaviest snake, native to South America and occasionally recorded in Florida.

Yellow Anaconda
Boidae

Yellow Anaconda

Eunectes notaeus Cope, 1862

Eunectes notaeus, the yellow anaconda, is a large South American boa with generalist aquatic feeding habits.

Western Rainbow Boa
Boidae

Western Rainbow Boa

Epicrates cenchria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Epicrates cenchria, the rainbow boa, is a patterned, sexually dimorphic boa found across much of Central and South America.

Brown Rainbow Boa
Boidae

Brown Rainbow Boa

Epicrates maurus Gray, 1849

Epicrates maurus, the northernmost smallest rainbow boa, is a sexually dimorphic ovoviviparous snake ranging from southern Central America to northern South America.

Eastern Rainbow Boa
Boidae

Eastern Rainbow Boa

Epicrates crassus Cope, 1862

Epicrates crassus, the Paraguayan rainbow boa, is a Boidae snake found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.

Hispaniolan Boa
Boidae

Hispaniolan Boa

Chilabothrus striatus (Fischer, 1856)

Chilabothrus striatus, the Hispaniolan boa, is a Boidae snake endemic to Hispaniola that is traded internationally as a pet.

Cuban Tree Boa
Boidae

Cuban Tree Boa

Chilabothrus angulifer (Cocteau & Bibron, 1840)

Chilabothrus angulifer, the Cuban boa, is the largest and least derived member of its genus, endemic to Cuba and its nearby islands.

Puerto Rican Boa
Boidae

Puerto Rican Boa

Chilabothrus inornatus (Reinhardt, 1843)

Chilabothrus inornatus, the Puerto Rican boa, is a boa species endemic to Puerto Rico with variable colour and patterning.

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