Red-tailed boa

Its main foods include agouti, armadillo, brocket deer, iguana, monkey, rodent, squirrel and wild boar. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, which is not a threatened category, and has a lifespan of 30 years, with values up to 40.4 years reported.

Weight

10.6 kgsrc for Weight

Length

1.75 msrc for Length

Lifespan

30 years – 40.4 yearssrc for Lifespan

Main food

agouti, ameiva, anatidae, armadillo, brocket deer, cat and 14 moresrc for Main food

Habitat

Not recorded

Egg incubation

125 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

25src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

3 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The red-tailed boa is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyBoidae
6. genusBoa
7. SpeciesBoa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Boa atlantica, Boa constrictor amarali, Boa constrictor melanogaster, Boa constrictor ortonii, Boa constrictrix, Boa occidentalis, Boa ortonii, Constrictor auspex, Constrictor constrictor, Constrictor constrictor amarali, Constrictor constrictor constrictor, Constrictor constrictor occidentalis, Constrictor diviniloquus, Constrictor formosissimus, Constrictor rex serpentum, Euncetes murinus

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@misc{red_tailed_boa_2026,
  title = {Red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-tailed-boa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}