boaidae

Macajuel, Boa constrictor (Family Boidae) - Reptilenesia

Boa constrictor  Linnaeus. 1758:215. Type locality: "India" (in error). Boa imperator –  Reinhardt and Lutken, 1862: 12. Boa divin...

reptilenesia 29 Jan, 2022

Anaconda Devours Huge Meal - The Real Monster Snakes

You may ask, what am I doing holding a big tilapia? The truth is, I've been thinking about this for quite some time. My girl Ivy here is...

reptilenesia 18 Apr, 2021

The Linnaean Snakes: Part II - Reptilenesia

Click here to read Part I. Last month I wrote about "serpentine royalty": the first species of snakes to be formally described u...

reptilenesia 25 Apr, 2021

The Linnaean Snakes: Part I - Reptilenesia

Although recent findings have shed new light on the (so far) oldest-known fossil snakes, extending the fossil record of snakes back in time...

reptilenesia 25 Apr, 2021