Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Madagascar Tree Boa


Madagascar Tree Boa

Madagascar Tree BoaMadagascar Tree Boa searching for prey in the night.

Madagascar Tree BoaGood picture, Green Madagascar Tree Boa lying in the green leaves.

Madagascar Tree BoaMadagascar Tree Boa stays on the branch of tree in the forest.

Madagascar Tree BoaMadagascar Tree Boa get caught in the night when searching for food.



Madagascar Tree Boa

The Adults of Madagascar Tree Boa is average 4–5 feet or 122–152 cm in length, although 6–7 foot or 183–213 cm of specimens are not uncommon. Thermoreceptive pits are located between the labial scales. But Madagascar Tree Boa Females are larger than males.

There are two color variations of Madagascar Tree Boa that are considered by some to represent two distinct subspecies. One is green to grayish-green and is found mainly in the eastern half of the range, while the other is yellow, orange and brown and occurs in some parts of the western side of the range. The green variant also tends to be about two thirds of the size of the yellow-brown variant.

Madagascar Tree Boa or "Boa manditra" and or also Malagasy tree boa is a non-venomous boa species that is endemic to the island of Madagascar. The specific epithet is also the Malagasy common name for this snake.


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