Puerto Rican boa

Puerto Rican boa
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Chilabothrus
Species:
C. inornatus
Binomial name
Chilabothrus inornatus
(Reinhardt, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Boa inornata Reinhardt, 1843
  • Chilabothrus inornatus
    Duméril & Bibron, 1844
  • Piesigaster boettgeri
    Seoane, 1880
  • Epicrates inornatus
    (Reinhardt, 1843) Boulenger, 1893
  • Boella tenella
    H.M. Smith & Chiszar, 1992

The Puerto Rican boa (Chilabothrus inornatus), most commonly known as Culebrón ("big snake"), is a large species of boa endemic to Puerto Rico. It is a terrestrial and arboreal snake with a pale brown to dark brown coloration. It grows to 1.9 m (6.2 ft) in length. It feeds on small mammals such as rodents and bats, birds and sometimes anole lizards. Like most boas, it is viviparous (bearing live young) and kills its prey using constriction.