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Boidae

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Also known as boas, boids

The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda of South America being the heaviest and second-longest snake known; in general, adults are medium to large in size, with females usually larger than the males. Six subfamilies comprising 14-15 genera and 54-67 species are currently recognized.

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Boidae is a family of animals within the class Squamata and phylum Chordata. The taxon was established by Gray in 1825 and holds an accepted status in biological classification. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia.

Records for this family are held by institutions including CM, NHMUK, SDNHM, and IGL-UNAM. These records originate from the United States, United Kingdom, and Mexico. The family is referenced by 400 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Boidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. OrderSquamata
  5. FamilyBoidae
Observations recorded57,424

蚺（rán）科（学名：Boidae）是爬行纲有鳞目下的一科，屬於蛇類中保留較多原始特征的一支。其中包含沙蟒亞科（Erycinae）與蚺亞科（Boinae），共有19屬约75个种。这个科中的蛇是世界上最大的蛇，它们全部无毒，使用缠绕窒息的方法来杀死它们的猎物。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3,062
With media
42
Family
Boidae
Collections
CM, NHMUK, SDNHM, IGL-UNAM
Recorded in
United States, United Kingdom, Mexico
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Research

822 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Feeding
  • Reproduction
  • Subfamilies
  • Taxonomy
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda of South America being the heaviest and second-longest snake known; in general, adults are medium to large in size, with females usually larger than the males. Six subfamilies comprising 14-15 genera and 54-67 species are currently recognized.

==Description== Like the pythons, boas have elongated supratemporal bones. The quadrate bones are also elongated, but not as much, while both are capable of moving freely so when they swing sideways to their maximum extent, the distance between the hinges of the lower jaw is greatly increased.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Boidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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