Rainbow Boa
This Rainbow is resting on a log.
Epicrates cenchria
Rainbow Boas belong to the Reptilian class. Their scientific name is Eppicrates cenchria chenchria.. They are located in the Amazon Basin, Southern Venezuela, Coastal Guineas and Suriname. They are weird-looking snakes. I say that because when the sun hits them just right, a rainbow will appear on their scaly skin. If you have a rainbow for a pet you should feed it mice and baby rats. It's bedding is simply made of wood chips or corn cob. If it has cedar wood chips it will destroy it's nervous system.
Out in the wild it will eat mice and baby rats only at night. Like bats, it is nocturnal. That means it sleeps during the day and hunts at night. In the wild it has to look out for bigger and stronger snakes and also birds of prey. You might be asking yourself why does it have to look out for those animals. Well the reason they do it is because those animals will try to eat or kill it.
Like most every other snake it doesn't look out for the babies. You know how we take care of our babies for approximately 18 years. When mom lays the eggs she protects them until they hatch. After they hatch the mom leaves them. Usually the babies are 15 to 20 inches at birth. When rainbow boas are full grown they are about 2 to 3 meters. Their back has black or brown blotches. All rainbows have brown, red brown, or brownish red scales.
Rainbows are constantly by water. They are one of the few snakes that have to be by water because they are extremely sensitive to dehydration. The rainbow boas are a really cool and weird snakes.
This snake is trying to get away !