Snakes are famous for their wide jaws, which can swallow prey larger than their heads. The Amazon tree boa is no exception, ...

Scientists are revealing how the Amazon tree boa's skin scales help it move and hunt in the rainforest. These scales have different textures on different body parts. This helps the snake grip branches ...

The Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus batesii) can be found throughout South America, residing in the vast rainforests. Because they’re non-venomous, it’s almost no wonder that reptile lovers ...

Deep in the Amazon canopy, a shy tree boa moves with silent confidence. Its body glides across branches that shift with the passing winds. According to scientists, this is not some simple trick of ...

Description: This is a smallish snake from 2 to 4 feet in length from nose to vent. The body is slender; these snakes weigh only between 200 – 300 grams (about half a pound) on average. The Virgin ...

Arlington animal control officer David Davis has captured a variety of creatures over the past few years, but never a boa constrictor. Photos of Davis holding the snake were shared online by Arlington ...

The Blomberg’s tree boa was recently documented in southwestern Colombia for the first time, even as it loses habitat in the nearby rainforests of Ecuador. Javier Aznar González de Rueda Coild in the ...

April 29 (UPI) --A 5-foot boa constrictor rescued from a tree limb in Texas has a new permanent home with the animal control officer who captured her. Arlington Animal Control Officer David Davis said ...

Snakes are some of the most diverse and captivating creatures in the animal kingdom, and their colors are a key feature that ...

Aphoto of a Malagasy tree boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis) with dramatic background lighting staged to portray the threat of fire was named overall winner in the British Ecological Society’s annual ...