of 18.5 feet for the boa constrictor is based on a specimen killed and taped on the island of Trinidad in the 1940's by Colin Pittendrigh. The measurement was accurate, but the snake had been mis-identified. It turns out that it was actually an anaconda, but this was not revealed until the record had already been accepted by many. The largest boa constrictors currently on record are a few specimens that taped between 14 and 15 feet from the area around southern Colombia and northern Peru.



Kelly

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