Baku Zoological Park
Common boa
Size and weight
It can reach 2-3 m in length, but in the wild up to 4-4.5 m
Nutrition
It feeds on small mammals, birds and reptiles
Life Span
20-30 years
Reproduction
30-40 eggs
Conservation status
Most recently listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2014
Found in South and Central America and the Lesser Antilles islands
Dwells in arid places with proximity to water basins. Non-venomous snake. During the mating season, the female boa lays 30-40 eggs and incubates them inside her body, after which they emerge – a method called ovoviviparity.