Dumerils Boa Snake

Facts about Dumeril’s boa snake. "Scientific name for Dumeril’s boa snake is Boa dumerili". Dumeril’s boa snake is an Acrantophis type of non-poisonous snake that comes from the Boidae family. The Dumeril’s boa snakes are largely found in Reunion Island and Madagascar. Usually, the Dumeril’s boa snake prefers to live in a semi-arid home that gets quite low amounts of rainfall along the western coastline and the southwestern areas of Madagascar. The Dumeril’s boa snake also live in thorn bushes at low and medium elevations, in the savannas in the central uplands, but they are not limited to pristine homes. The Dumeril’s boa snakea has been found inhabiting in degraded homes, regularly near to villages, where it most probably eats rats.

Features of Dumeril’s boa snakes

The Dumeril’s Boa is a large, terrestrial snake usually attains a maximum length, ranging from 180 cm (70 inches)to 210 cm (82 inches) when fully grown. They have a well-built body, with shiny black color markings around their mouth. Some snakes show huge amounts of copper or pink coloration. Normally, the male snakes have more extensive flatter tails, whereas the female ones are inclined to be bigger overall. These snakes have a gray-brown ground color body, with dark patches, forming an efficient mask against the leaf garbage of the forest ground of their native home.

The mature Dumeril’s Boa snake is active sporadically all through the night and day, rather than completely active during the daytime or nighttime. However, the young ones are generally nocturnal. The Dumeril’s boa snake is an ambush killer, with a diet comprising chiefly of earthly vertebrates, such as birds and mammals, including household poultry that are all killed through constriction. These snakes lack the heat-responsive facial pits.

In a number of areas, the Dumeril’s boa snake is gathered for food and the skin of this snake is exercised for leather. This snake is also killed, owing to the belief that it is a bad fortune and is probable to predate household chickens. The Dumeril’s boa snake is as well, highly popular in the pet business. This flexible snake appears to be capable of withstanding the deprivation of forest home, and currently, it is not considered to be highly endangered.

In the captive, Dumeril’s boa snakes are kept in a simple plastic container or big elaborate terrariums. They are kept in a safe enclosure with a big water basin and a location to hide. Adult Dumeril’s boa snakes perform well with a minimum area of 4 to 6 square feet. Juveniles can flourish in something as plain as a plastic storage container or shoe box. The Dumeril’s boa snakes perform well on Aspen sani chips or wood chips.

Diet of Dumeril’s boa snake

The Dumeril’s boa snake usually feeds on small mammals, such as lizards, birds, and small animals. They are also recognized to feed on other snake varieties.

Reproduction of Dumeril’s boa snake

Generally, the Dumeril’s boa snakes attain the sexual maturity within 3 years to 5 years after their birth. Male snakes contain anal spurs that are employed in courtship. The mating season in the Dumeril’s boa snakes commences during the month of March and continues until May. The female snake offers birth to the young ones after 6 months to 8 months. The Dumeril’s boa snakes are ovoviviparous, and the female snakes offer birth to litters that range from 6 to 28. The new born Dumeril's Boa snakes are born with a body length between 12 inches (30 cm)and 18 inches (45 cm).

The average lifespan of the Dumeril’s boa snake ranges from 20 years to 30 years.