Hi all , do you know what's teh most difference between boas and pythons ? do you have detail data ? Thanks a lot.
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Boas and Pythons .
a_chen_tw
Mar 03, 2004 06:21 PM
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Tigergenesis
Mar 03, 2004 07:06 PM
One difference: all pythons lay eggs, most boas give live birth
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karm
Mar 03, 2004 08:20 PM
Pythons are old world (Asia, Africa, Australia) species, and boas are new world (Americas).
chrish
Mar 03, 2004 09:38 PM
Pythons are old world (Asia, Africa, Australia) species, and boas are new world (Americas).
Actually there are
- 10 species of sandboa (Eurasia and Africa)
- 3 species of Madagascan Boa (Madagascar)
- 2 species of Round Island Boas (although 1 is extinct)
- 3 or 4 species of Pacific Island Boas (Candoia sp.) (New Guinea to Fiji)
- if you count Calabaria as a boa (as most people do) that is another from Africa
So, just off the top of my head, that makes 20 species of Old World boids. I am sure I am overlooking some others as well.
Now there aren't any new world Pythonine snakes (Loxocemus isn't really a python in spite of its common name), so that part holds true.
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Mar 04, 2004 07:36 AM
I love Loxocemus....waiting on Dave and Tracy's to see if there are any offspring avaiable.
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