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Lizards & Snakes · Squamata
Boas
Family Boidae
Live-bearing New- and Old-World constrictors. From the large, long-lived boa constrictor to the small, sand-swimming, burrowing Kenyan sand boa.
5 species on Baskden · 5 with a full care guide.
- Brazilian Rainbow Boa Epicrates cenchria The snake with a built-in rainbow shimmer — a notch harder than a corn because it needs high humidity and cool, not hot.
- Rosy Boa Lichanura trivirgata One of the gentlest first snakes — a small desert boa that stays under 3 ft and lives for decades.
- Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor The calm, heavy-bodied giant of the beginner-adjacent snakes — docile, but a powerful, long-lived, room-sized commitment.
- Kenyan Sand Boa Eryx colubrinus The stumpy little burrowing boa that lurks buried with just its eyes showing — hardy, small, and low-drama.
- Rubber Boa Charina bottae A tiny, cool-climate boa that feels like living rubber — one of the calmest, most cold-tolerant snakes there is.