What's the difference between boa-constrictors, pythons, and anacondas? They all seem the same to me...?

Question

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Answer 1

Boas(anacondas are boas) are from the new world aka south america, central america and they give live birth.

Pythons are from the old world. Indonesia, malaysia, Asia, Australia, Africa etc and lay eggs.

They are all constrictors.They ALL constrict their prey.

Answer 2

All of them are boids, a relatively primitive group of snakes, most of which have vestigial hind legs in the form of cloacal spurs and which have heat-sensing pits on their lips.

Boas are boids which give birth to live young and which share some other physiological characteristics which aren't present in pythons. Most live in the New World, but some, such as sand boas and the Dumeril's boa, live in the Old World. Boa constrictors are a Central and South American species of semi-arboreal boa. The four species of anaconda are upper-South American aquatic boas.

Pythons are boids which lay eggs, which share physiological characteristics not found in boas, and which are found entirely in the Old World, except for a possible Central American species, but this is highly debated.

All are constrictors. There is one species of Boa constrictor, one genus of anaconda, and 30+species of pythons and boas each.

Answer 3

boas grow to about 10-12 ft depending on the species with a certain coloration. python are able to grow up to as much32 ft. but can also grow as small as 2feet. anacondas have two species. a green anaconda and a yellow anaconda. the yellow anaconda is larger. both being around 15-20 ft, they are the worlds fattest snake.

Answer 4

Mostly where they come from and where they reside. anacondas are water snakes as I recall.

Answer 5

BOA S CAN CONSTRICT, PYTHONS DONT
ANACONDAS DO BOTH