This snake arouses strong feelings, is a fascinating reptile pie that
causes passions and in turn dread. There are several subspecies, are
eleven and are shared by different geographical areas. They can be
found in the centre and south of americas. The most popular is the boa
constrictor, but are also, the boa imperator, occidentalis, longicauda,
ortonii, nebulosus, amarali, orophias, and sigma melanogaster. It also
differs a subspecies, the boa constrictor imperator, easy to recognize
because they are albino.
Of these, which is the largest presents constrictor; have come to find
copies in the wild with a length of more than 4 meters. Their location
varies depending on the species and their habitats can be in crop
areas, beaches, forests and deserts. Its size and colour of their skin
change depending on the species, generally, have a base colour or
reddish brown tones, the tail, except any kind, has great red speckles.
This species of tropical snake is not poisonous, his head is triangular
in shape with a narrow neck. Those who live in humid areas are always
active, however those found in areas where the seasons are very
distinct, remain inactive for several weeks in dry or cold days. Their
activity developed in the crepuscular hours, and the rest of the hours
remain perched in trees.
They feed primarily on birds of various sizes, bats, rats and other
rodents, lizards and zarigüeñas. The sense of vision do not have
well-developed and therefore depend on its fosetas Loreal that let you
perceive their prey by the heat flow.
A boa possesses great force to enter their muscles and thus squeezing
its prey until suffocation, may be the size of a human. They can be
highly dangerous because of their size and strength, and above all
unpredictable. Their whistles and in this way with the body shows that
they are attacking. They may appear docile but despite the precautions
that are taken, you never know how they will react.
They are cold-blooded animals, so they need to regulate their body
temperature with the sun, if they want to warm up, and in caves or
water, if they want to cool off. In the absence of a system of self
temperature, consume less energy, but depend on external factors for
the successful development of all its physiological functions.
Metabolizes food slowly so that, after a dam, may be several months
without eating anything.
To reach the time of reproduction, the female seen by its sewer
pheromones to attract male and he is moving around them. When the
female is receptive, the male will slowly on it. The courtship is a
ritual that happens so slowly, then where is the female egg and the
male with one of its two hemipenes deposited in their sewer sperm.
During pregnancy the female forfeit the skin and need more time exposed
to the sun to absorb heat. After four months gave birth about 20 or
even 60 offspring.
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