do viper boas have fangs even though they are not poisoness?

Answer 1

No they do not. I actually own 3 specimens of these species. They do have many teeth though. The Viper Boa gets it's name because of its wide shaped head and the speed of it's strike like a viper. From my experience viper boas strike so fast that they actually fly off the ground.

Viper boa
Candoia aspera

SUBFAMILY

Boinae

TAXONOMY

Candoia aspera Günther, 1877, Duke of York Island, Bismarck Archipelago.

OTHER COMMON NAMES

English: New Guinea ground boa, Papuan ground boa; French: Boa nain; German: Pazifik Boa.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

This is a short, heavy-bodied boa with a very short tail. The head is triangular and distinct from the neck. All of the dorsal scales are keeled with a prominent, raised, longitudinal ridge that runs down the center of each scale. The maximum length of this species approaches 3 ft (1 m), but most adults are only about half that size.

DISTRIBUTION

The species inhabits New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.

HABITAT

Viper boas have been encountered in coconut husk piles, on the coast under driftwood, in trees, and in leaf litter on forest floors. They often are found in swampy areas and mudflats.



BEHAVIOR

This snake is nocturnal and secretive and is rarely encountered during the day except after rain. It is known to coil in a ball for defense. It also can deliver a painful bite. It is believed that this snake mimics the death adder, Acanthophis sp., in areas where the two are sympatric.

Also from my experience the boa will strike at anything that moves.

Answer 2

Viper Boa

Answer 3

I dont know of any colubrid (non-venomous) snakes with fangs although I could easily be wrong but constrictors dont need fangs because well, they constrict. Boas and pythons are both considered to be constrictors. So there's no need for both fangs and constriction. Thats why most venomous snakes are slender while most constrictors and boas are thick and robust. Nature is very concise like that. She doesnt give animals things they dont need. You could always ask a herpetologist to be sure though.

Answer 4

None of the information I can find on this species leads me to believe they have fangs. They are a small boa, and all boas have lots of rather long and very sharp teeth- all the same size and shape.

They look like a local venomous snake- but such imitation rarely extends to the teeth. Besides, their food does not require special teeth or venom.

Answer 5

Snakes are venomous, not poisonous and no-viper boas do not have fangs.
Moon: There are numerous colubrid species that are venomous. Cat-eyed snakes, hognoses and many others are venomous. However, viper boas are not colubrids anyway. They are a memeber of the boid family.

Answer 6

Yes, very long fangs

Answer 7

yeah i do think so.
even tho there not posioness they still need them to strike and devior their prey