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  • While pythons undoubtedly hold the crown for the largest and most famous constricting snakes of Indonesia, a single genus of boas also occurs in the rainforests of the eastern archipelago. Often overlooked, the Pacific Keel-scaled Boa (Candoia carinata) seldom exceeds a meter in length. It is an ambush predator of frogs and lizards, and like other boas, bears live young rather than laying eggs. Digul River, South Papua, Indonesia (New Guinea).
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  • Having been isolated for over 80 million years, the unique biota of Madagascar poses many interesting questions to those who study biogeography. This Madagascar Tree Boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis) is one of four species of boas present on the island, noteworthy because by contrast the large constricting snakes of the nearest landmasses (Africa and Asia) are all pythons. Herpetologists don't yet know the answer to this enigma, but recent evidence supports one theory that boas may have existed on Madagascar in the ancient past when it was still connected to Gondwanaland. Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar.
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  • Amazon Tree Boa (Corallus hortulanus). Yasuní National Park, Ecuador.
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  • Like most snail-eating snakes, the Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Aplopeltura boa) is small and slender with an abnormally large head. They possess an asymmetric arrangement of teeth in their lower jaw which enables them to pry snails from their shells (most of which swirl in a clockwise direction) by a process referred to as "mandible walking". This species is widespread in Southeast Asia and ranges from Myanmar to the Philippines and Sunda islands. Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Like most snail-eating snakes, the Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Aplopeltura boa) is small and slender with an abnormally large head. They posses an asymmetric arrangement of teeth in their lower jaw which enables them to pry snails from their shells (most of which swirl in a clockwise direction) by a process referred to as "mandible walking". Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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