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Solomon Island Ground boa
Candoia paulsoni (Stull, 1956)
Candoia paulsoni is a viviparous boa species native to Maluku Islands and Melanesia, with six recognized subspecies.
Southern Rubber Boa
Charina umbratica Klauber, 1943
Charina umbratica, the southern rubber boa, is a small secretive blunt-tailed snake endemic to mountain regions of southern California.
Northern Rubber Boa
Charina bottae (Blainville, 1835)
Charina bottae (rubber boa) is the northernmost boa species, native to western North America with distinct physical traits and live birth reproduction.
Coastal Rosy Boa
Lichanura orcutti Stejneger, 1889
Lichanura orcutti (the rosy boa) is a striped heavy-bodied snake found in rocky arid habitats of the southwestern United States.
Desert Rosy Boa
Lichanura trivirgata Cope, 1861
Lichanura trivirgata Cope, 1861, the desert rosy boa, is a small boid snake native to arid regions of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico that bears live young.
Rough-scaled Sand Boa
Eryx conicus (Schneider, 1801)
Eryx conicus is a small stout snake found across South Asia, with distinct keeled scales and viviparous reproduction.
Whitaker’s sand boa
Eryx whitakeri Das, 1991
Eryx whitakeri Das, 1991 is a viviparous snake found in coastal southwest India that inhabits beaches and scrub forests.
Desert Sand Boa
Eryx miliaris (Pallas, 1773)
Eryx miliaris is a small stout sand boa species found across arid regions of Southern, Northern Asia and Europe.
Red Sand Boa
Eryx johnii (Russell, 1801)
Eryx johnii is a small burrowing snake found across parts of South Asia and western Asia, adapted to dry, sandy habitats and ovoviviparous.
Arabian Sand Boa
Eryx jayakari Boulenger, 1888
Eryx jayakari, the Arabian sand boa, is a small desert boa native to Arabia and southern Iran that lays eggs.
Javelin Sand Boa
Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eryx jaculus, the javelin sand boa, is a heavy-bodied snake found across parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, that feeds on lizards, small mammals, and other snakes.
Red Cylinder Snake
Cylindrophis ruffus (Laurenti, 1768)
Cylindrophis ruffus is a moderately sized snake with a limited gape that eats long thin prey across Southeast Asia.
Jodi's pipe snake
Cylindrophis jodiae Amarasinghe, Ineich, Campbell & Hallermann, 2015
Jodi’s pipe snake (Cylindrophis jodiae) is a Cylindrophiidae snake found in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and China.
Mexican Burrowing Python
Loxocemus bicolor Cope, 1861
Loxocemus bicolor is a semi-fossorial stout snake from Mesoamerica that preys on small vertebrates, arthropods, and eggs.
Cuban Dwarf Boa
Tropidophis melanurus (Schlegel, 1837)
Tropidophis melanurus is a Cuban dwarf boa with unknown confirmed reproductive mode that prefers forest habitat.
Northern Eyelash Boa
Trachyboa boulengeri Peracca, 1910
Trachyboa boulengeri, the northern eyelash boa, is a nonvenomous viviparous boa endemic to Central and northwestern South America.
Bombay Earth Snake
Uropeltis macrolepis (Peters, 1862)
Uropeltis macrolepis is an ovoviviparous shieldtail snake found in forest habitats of Maharashtra, India.
Asian Sunbeam Snake
Xenopeltis unicolor Reinwardt, 1827
Xenopeltis unicolor is an iridescent fossorial primitive snake found across much of East and Southeast Asia, that lays clutches of up to 18 eggs.
Peter's Thread Snake
Leptotyphlops scutifrons (Peters, 1854)
Peters's threadsnake (Leptotyphlops scutifrons) is a leptotyphlopid snake widely distributed across Southern Africa.
Black Thread Snake
Leptotyphlops nigricans (Schlegel, 1839)
Leptotyphlops nigricans is a small thin snake endemic to South Africa's Western and Eastern Cape Provinces.
Guyana Blind Snake
Epictia tenella Klauber, 1939
Epictia tenella, the Guyana blind snake, is a mesophilic burrowing blind snake found in Trinidad and northern South America.
Latin American Blind Snake
Epictia albipuncta (Burmeister, 1861)
Epictia albipuncta is an oviparous South American blind snake species in the family Leptotyphlopidae.
Texas Blind Snake
Rena dulcis Baird & Girard, 1853
Rena dulcis, the Texas blind snake, is a small worm-like blind snake found in the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico.
Western Threadsnake
Rena humilis Baird & Girard, 1853
Rena humilis, a worm-like blind snake from the southwestern US and northern Mexico, lives underground and feeds mostly on ants and termites.
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