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Rainbow Boa

Epicrates cenchria gaigei

Description:

Approximately 3.5 feet long with a lovely iridescent sheen under strong flashlight beam. Creamy white belly.

Habitat:

Mostly terrestrial, active mostly at night.

Notes:

Found this along a remote trail at the ACTS field station in Loreto Peru.

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18 Comments

LarryGraziano
LarryGraziano 10 months ago

Congratulations on the SOTD!

CarolSnowMilne
CarolSnowMilne 10 months ago

Gorgeous! Congratulations!

Joshua Asel
Joshua Asel 10 months ago

beautiful, beautiful creature. great framing!

AdamBrown
AdamBrown 10 months ago

beautiful photo and snake. I love the iridescence.

williefromwi
williefromwi 10 months ago

Now that is one stunning photo of this snake. Congrats on your SOTD award.

David
David 10 months ago

What an amazing snake - and a stunning photo! A great representative of the amazing biodiversity in the Amazon!

Liam
Liam 10 months ago

Stunning! Congrats!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 months ago

Wow just fantastic Congratulations AmazonWorkshops!

patty
patty 10 months ago

Congratulations for the lovely spotting and I hope you are able to raise rainforest and environmental awareness and care.

Atul
Atul 10 months ago

Amazing spotting and congrats
waiting for more to come !

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 10 months ago

Congrats Pam...I must be missed this beauty..!!

Sumukha Javagal
Sumukha Javagal 10 months ago

Wow..! Nice colors..:-)

Yasser
Yasser 10 months ago

This beautiful Rainbow Boa has been chosen to kick-off Amazon Awareness Week! We're looking forward to seeing more incredible biodiversity from the Amazon this week as we work together with the Amazon Rainforest Workshops team to spread awareness and encourage conservation. Help us spread the word!

"The colorful iridescent sheen captured in this photo is what gives the beautiful Rainbow Boa its fitting name."

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S Frazier
S Frazier 11 months ago

That spiral rainbow iridescence in the fold of the snake simply blows me away!

Carolina
Carolina a year ago

They are one of my favorites snakes! They are really really beautiful, and I love the fact when they get hit by light you can see some shimmering reflections, just like the CD's!

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misako
misako a year ago

Beautiful!

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 a year ago

Beautiful snake, and love how you were able to capture some of the rainbow colors..

Iquitos, Peru

Lat: -3.25, Long: -72.95

Spotted on Jul 7, 2010
Submitted on Feb 9, 2012

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