#boa any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs
supertype: constrictor any of various large nonvenomous snakes that kill their prey by crushing it in its coils
member of: family_Boidae
subtype: boa_constrictor__boaconstrictor__Constrictor_constrictor very large boa of tropical America and West Indies
subtype: rubber_boa__tow-headed_snake__Charina_bottae boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape
subtype: rosy_boa__Lichanura_trivirgata boa of rocky desert of southwestern United States
subtype: anaconda__Eunectes_murinus large arboreal boa of tropical South America
subtype: python large Old World boas
subtype: carpet_snake__Python_variegatus__Morelia_spilotes_variegatus Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back
subtype: reticulated_python__reticulatedpython__Python_reticulatus of southeast Asia and East Indies; the largest snake in the world
subtype: Indian_python__Python_molurus very large python of southeast Asia
subtype: rock_python__rock_snake__Python_sebae very large python of tropical and southern Africa
subtype: amethystine_python__amethystinepython with an amethyst color
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