- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Squamata
- Family: Boidae
- Genus: Boa
- Species: Boa constrictor
- Females are typically larger and can reach a size of 10 feet long.
- Boas are non-venomous snakes. Their jaws are lined with small, hook-shaped teeth for gripping and holding onto prey while they wrap their muscular bodies around it, constricting, or squeezing, it.
- They are very capable swimmers, and while younger and smaller are even able to climb trees.