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Tropical terrestrial snake

Brazilian rainbow boa

Epicrates cenchria

Kept the same way as the ball python, blood python and boa constrictor, so they share one kit: the same heat, light, and humidity, sized to the animal.

Build a Brazilian rainbow boa setup See the gear
Photograph of a Brazilian rainbow boa
Photograph by No machine-readable author provided. KaroH assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Care sheet

What it needs

We have taken these figures from published sources and are still checking them against our own experience. Treat them as a guide, and ask us before you buy.

Basking surface
29 to 32°C Measured on the surface the animal lies on, not in the air.
Daytime air
24 to 30°C The cool end, away from the lamp.
Night air
22 to 24°C
Humidity
70 to 80%
Adult length
150 to 210 cm
What it eats
Carnivore
When it is active
Nocturnal
How it lives
Terrestrial
Typical captive life
20 years
Longest recorded life
31 years A record from the literature, not what to expect. Most animals live well short of it.

Our reading of the literature, not veterinary advice. Animals vary, and so do rooms, so take these figures, and any setup the builder puts together, as a starting point, and ask a reptile vet about your own animal. Where the figures come from.

From the catalogue

Gear that suits a Brazilian rainbow boa

Chosen for tropical terrestrial snake. The setup builder puts the whole kit together, sized to the animal, with the reason for each piece.

Build the whole kit

Same care group

Kept the same way

Where it comes from

French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia, Venezuela (Mérida [HR 27: 212]), Peru, Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Roraima, Bahia, Acre, Pará, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo etc.), Bolivia (Beni, Santa Cruz) [HR 29: 249], Argentina (Córdoba, San Luis, La Rioja, Corrientes, Formosa, Chaco, Salta)

Breeding: ovoviviparous; there is evidence for parthenogenesis in this species (BOOTH et al. 2015).

Where the figures come from