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Rainbow Boas
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Rainbow Boas

Epicrates

Epicrates is a genus of non-venomous snakes in the subfamily Boinae of the family Boidae. The genus is native to South America and Central America. Five species are currently recognized as being valid, including the rainbow boa.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Western Rainbow Boa

speciesEpicrates cenchria

Brown Rainbow Boa

speciesEpicrates maurus

Campina Grande Rainbow Boa

speciesEpicrates assisi

Eastern Rainbow Boa

speciesEpicrates crassus

Argentinian Rainbow Boa

speciesEpicrates alvarezi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 32232.