One of the 10 boas on WAnimals
Reptiles · Squamata · Boidae
Rainbow Boa
Epicrates cenchria
Least Concern
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The rainbow boa is a medium-sized South American constrictor, chestnut with dark rings, whose scales produce a spectacular iridescence in sunlight: they break the light into every colour of the spectrum as if they were prisms. It is terrestrial and semi-arboreal, nocturnal and viviparous, and hunts rodents, birds and lizards.
Weight
2 kg – 5 kg
Size
1.5 m – 2.1 m
Life expectancy
20 years
