Boa Constrictor

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A boa constrictor is coiled around a branch with its tongue out — Die Abgotts — oder gemeine Baum-Riesenschlange (Boa constrictor).

Artist

Name:: Unknown

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Lithograph
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere
Author(s):: Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph Franz Johann
Publisher:: Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1867
Open Library:: View record

Description

A boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) is coiled around a branch with its tongue out. This large snake in the family Boinae is native to the American continent. It is active at night and usually feeds on small mammals and birds.

Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, Americas, Boidae, color, reference book, reptile, snake