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| Puerto Rican boa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Boidae |
| Genus: | Chilabothrus |
| Species: | C. inornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Chilabothrus inornatus | |
| Synonyms[4][5] | |
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The Puerto Rican boa (Chilabothrus inornatus), most commonly known as Culebrón ("big snake"), is a large species of boa endemic to Puerto Rico. It is a terrestrial and arboreal snake with a pale brown to dark brown coloration. It grows to 1.9 m (6.2 ft) in length. It feeds on small mammals such as rodents and bats, birds and sometimes anole lizards. Like most boas, it is viviparous (bearing live young) and kills its prey using constriction.[6][7]
- ^ Rodriguez, C.; Mayer, G.C.; Tolson, P.J. (2018). "Chilabothrus inornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T7821A74870228. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T7821A74870228.en. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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- ^ "Chilabothrus inornatus (Reinhardt, 1843)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- ^ Chilabothrus inornatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 7 October 2015.
- ^ Boulenger GA. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Boidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Epicrates inornatus, pp. 97-98).
- ^ "Aprende a distinguir a nuestra boa puertorriqueña". Primera Hora (in Spanish). 2024-06-22. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- ^ "Puerto Rican Boa (Epicrates inornatus) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service". www.fws.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-16.