Boa constrictor occidentalis

Boa constrictor occidentalis
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Boa
Species:
B. constrictor
Subspecies:
B. c. occidentalis
Trinomial name
Boa constrictor occidentalis
Philippi, 1873

Boa constrictor occidentalis, also commonly known as the Argentine boa, is a subspecies of large, heavy-bodied, nonvenomous, constricting snake.[2] Boa constrictor occidentalis is a member of the family Boidae, found mostly in tropical and subtropical areas in northern Argentina and Paraguay, although some members have been reported to exist in Bolivia as well.[3]

  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ Bertona, Miguel; Chiaraviglio, Margarita (September 2003). "Reproductive Biology, Mating Aggregations, and Sexual Dimorphism of the Argentine Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor occidentalis)". Journal of Herpetology. 37 (3): 510–516. doi:10.1670/122-02a. ISSN 0022-1511. S2CID 55876805.
  3. ^ "Home". Stöckl - Die Nr.1 Boa constrictor Seite im Internet (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-17.