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Bothrochilus boa (Bismarck ringed python)

Synonyms: Liasis boa; Morelia boa; Nardoa boa; Nardoa schlegelii; Tortrix boa

Wikipedia Abstract

Bothrochilus is a monotypic genus containing the nonvenomous python species, B. boa, found on the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago. No subspecies are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Bothrochilus boa

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.429 lbs (2.009 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  11 grams
Egg Length [1]  1.732 inches (44 mm)
Egg Width [1]  1.22 inches (31 mm)
Gestation [1]  65 days
Litter Size [1]  14
Maximum Longevity [2]  22 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
New Britain-New Ireland lowland rain forests Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests    
New Britain-New Ireland montane rain forests Papua New Guinea Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
East Melanesian Islands Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0