Cuban Boa

• It is the only snake in the world in which cooperative hunting has been documented: several individuals position themselves in coordination at a cave mouth, forming a barrier with their bodies, and catch more bats than they would hunting separately.
• It hunts hanging from the cave roof by its tail alone, snatching bats in flight in the half-light of dusk.
• It is the largest native land predator in Cuba: on an island without large carnivores, this boa fills the niche that a felid or a canid would occupy on the mainland.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (reptile)

Habitat and environment

Dry forest, karst scrub, caves and farmland of Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud

Sexual maturity

4 years

Gestation / incubation

6 months of gestation

Litter / clutch size

15 live young

Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilabothrus_angulifer

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.