A captive snake thought to be male recently gave birth to 14 babies after almost a decade in isolation, its keepers say. The 13-year-old Brazilian rainbow boa (Epicrates cenchria), named Ronaldo, has ...

In Guyana there are eight snake families. The main families are the pit vipers, the elapides (coral snakes), the colubrids (largely non-venomous snakes) and the boids. The Boidae family of snakes are ...

Captive Breeding and the Pet Trade Captive boas are popular in the pet trade due to their striking appearance and the relative ease of care compared to more demanding snakes, such as pythons.

The Brazilian rainbow boa is a beautiful snake, reaching no more than six feet long. With time and gentleness, these reptiles are quite interactive, and they make incredible additions as pets, but are ...

While snakes are well-known enemies to bats, their preying on the winged mammals has hardly been recorded. Furthermore, no bat as big and heavy as the common vampire, has been described being killed ...