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Photographs on this page were taken by Paul Smith, Huguito Cabral, Max Fullone, John T. Smit, Silvia Centrón and Hugo del Castillo and are used with their permission.
BOA CONSTRICTOR Boa constrictor
The mighty Boa Constrictor needs no introduction. Though he is non-venomous (he kills his prey by constriction) he is still capable of a nasty bite! Boa Constrictors are attractively-patterned but not for aesthetic purposes! Their complex colouration helps to break-up the outline of the snake against a carpet of dead leaves, meaning that you could pass right by him without ever knowing he was there! Two subspecies occur in Paraguay, the gorgeous amarali (Gallery 1) in the Orient and duller occidentalis (Gallery 2) in the Chaco.
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Gallery 1 Oriental subspecies B.c.amarali
FIGURE 1a - (FPREP175PH) Adult head detail, Reserva Privada Ka’i Rague, Departamento de Amambay (Huguito Cabral January 2006).
FIGURE 1b - (FPREP176PH) Same individual, (Hugo del Castillo January 2006).
FIGURE 1c - (FPREP177PH) Same individual, (Hugo del Castillo January 2006).
FIGURE 1d - (FPREP178PH) Same individual, (Hugo del Castillo January 2006).
FIGURE 1e - (FPREP179PH) Same individual, (Hugo del Castillo January 2006).
FIGURE 1f - (FPREP180PH) Adult, PN Cerro Corrá, Departamento Amambay (Huguito Cabral October 2007).
FIGURE 1g - (FPREP181PH) Head detail, Saite, Departamento Concepción (Hugo del Castillo December 2007).
FIGURE 1h - (FPREP530PH) Head detail, Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (John T. Smit December 2007 http://science.naturalis.nl/smitj).
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Gallery 2 Chaco subspecies B.c.occidentalis
FIGURE 2a - (FPREP748PH) Head detail, Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2012).
FIGURE 2b - (FPREP749PH) Body of same individual as (FPREP748PH) (Paul Smith October 2012).
FIGURE 2c - (FPREP182PH) Adult found dead, Aldea Neu Moll, Chaco Central (Hugo del Castillo February 2007).
FIGURE 2d - (FPREP183PH) Same individual dorsal (Silvia Centrón February 2007).
FIGURE 2e - (FPREP184PH) Same individual pattern detail (Silvia Centrón February 2007).
FIGURE 2f - (FPREP185PH) Large individual, 150km North of Filadelfia, Departamento Boquerón (Max Fullone undated).
FIGURE 2g - (FPREP186PH) Same individual (Max Fullone undated).
FIGURE 2h - (FPREP456PH) Golden adult found dead, Ruta Trans-Chaco km614, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith November 2010).
FIGURE 2i - (FPREP457PH) Same individual head detail (Paul Smith November 2010).
FIGURE 2j - (FPREP890PH) Adult, Fortín Boquerón, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith February 2015).
FIGURE 2k - (FPREP891PH) Same individual as (FPREP890PH) (Paul Smith February 2015).
VIDEO - (FPREP750VI) Same individual as (FPREP748PH) (Paul Smith October 2012).