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23-563: [REDACTED] Look up boa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boa , BoA , or BOA may refer to: Snakes [ edit ] Any member of the Boidae , a family of medium to large, non-venomous, constricting snakes Any member of the Boinae , a subfamily of boid snakes Any member of Boa (genus) , a group of boid snakes Any member of

46-499: A 2001 direct-to-video B-horror film Boa... Nguu yak! , a 2006 Thai horror film also known as Boa People with the name Boa [ edit ] BoA (born 1986), South Korean singer Boa Sr. (1925–2010), last native speaker of the Aka-Bo language Kim Boa (born 1987), South Korean singer, member of the girl group Spica Phillip Boa (born 1962), German musician Luís Boa Morte , Portuguese footballer whose family name

69-552: A British hard rock and extreme metal festival BoA (album) , the eponymous debut English album for South Korean singer BoA Boa (album) , the eponymous debut album of Croatian band Boa Boa (Croatian band) , a Croatian and former Yugoslav music group Boa (Russian band) , a Russian music group in Jazz/Easy-listening/Latino style "Boa" (song) , a song by American rapper Megan Thee Stallion Film [ edit ] New Alcatraz , also known as Boa ,

92-479: A breach of probation charge from prior crimes, although the physical assault charge was dropped. BOA has since continued to speak out about the issue of violence in the LGBTQ+ community, including speaking about the incident in a Canada's Drag Race episode. In 2021, she released the debut single "Gettin' It Done". In July 2021, she performed alongside Juice Boxx , Anastarzia Anaquway , Farra N. Hyte and TroyBoy at

115-718: A multinational bank Boliviana de Aviación (BoA), a Bolivian state airline Boun Oum Airways , a defunct Laotian Airline British Octopush Association , which is the controlling body for underwater hockey in the United Kingdom British Olympic Association , which oversees Britain's participation in the Olympic Games British Optical Association British Orthopaedic Association Biuro Operacji Antyterrorystycznych (Bureau of Anti-terrorist Operations),

138-425: A number of coils are hastily wrapped around it. Then, by applying and maintaining sufficient pressure, the snake prevents its prey from inhaling, so that it eventually succumbs to asphyxiation . Recently, the pressures produced during constriction have been suggested as the cause of cardiac arrest by interfering with blood flow, but this hypothesis has not yet been confirmed. Larger specimens usually eat animals about

161-514: A show by a man he had brought home to hang out with following a performance, after the attacker pressured BOA to have sex and BOA declined. The attacker broke BOA's nose, and stole his wallet, laptop and cellphone. He was arrested two weeks later in Vancouver , British Columbia , following another unrelated crime, and was identified as BOA's attacker; in September 2016 he pled guilty to the robbery and

184-422: A subfamily of Boidae (called Pythoninae), but it was later determined that they are not closely related to boas despite having superficial similarities. Almost all of the non-boine boids are frequently elevated to their own full families: Calabariidae/inae, Candoiidae/inae, Charinidae/inae, Erycidae/inae, Sanziniidae/inae, and Ungaliophiidae/inae. The taxonomy of boid snakes has been long debated, and ultimately

207-805: Is Boa Morte Boa (wrestler) , Chinese professional wrestler Ryan Boa , Canadian drag queen also known as BOA (Bitch On Arrival) Other [ edit ] Boa (clothing accessory) , a type of scarf, typically made of synthetic or real feathers Boa (web server) , a small-footprint web server Boa, Cagdianao , a barangay in the Philippines Boa Esporte Clube , a Brazilian football (soccer) club Boa Island , in Northern Ireland Born-Oppenheimer Approximation , an approximation used in quantum chemistry and molecular physics See also [ edit ] Aboa (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

230-469: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Boidae Boinae Calabariinae Candoiinae Erycinae Sanziniinae Ungaliophiinae The Boidae , commonly known as boas or boids , are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific islands. Boas include some of

253-521: Is not even noticeably deformed before it is swallowed. The speed with which the coils are applied is impressive and the force they exert may be significant, but death is caused by suffocation, with the victim not being able to move its ribs to breathe while it is being constricted. Most species of boa are ovoviviparous , with females giving birth to live young. This is in contrast to the pythons , which lay eggs ( oviparous ). Type genus = Boa – Gray, 1825 Pythons were historically classified as

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276-433: Is present, and most species have a functional left lung that can be up to 75% as large as the right lung. Boids are, however, distinguished from the pythons in that none has postfrontal bones or premaxillary teeth, and that they give birth to live young. When labial pits are present, these are located between the scales as opposed to on them. Also, their geographical distributions are almost entirely mutually exclusive. In

299-583: The Bolyeriidae , a.k.a. Round Island boas, a small family of non-venomous snakes from Mauritius and nearby islands Any member of the Tropidophiidae , a.k.a. dwarf boas, a family of non-venomous snakes found in Central America, South A common name for Boa constrictor Organisations [ edit ] Bank of America , a large American banking and financial services company Bank of Africa ,

322-528: The Caribbean , while a few are found in southeastern Europe and Asia Minor , North, Central and East Africa, Madagascar , the Arabian Peninsula , Central and Southwestern Asia, India and Sri Lanka , Indonesian islands ( Moluccas , West Papua , Talaud , Sulawesi ) and Papua New Guinea through Melanesia and Samoa . Prey is killed by constriction ; after an animal has been grasped to restrain it,

345-569: The anti-terrorist arm of the Polish state police Başbakanlık Osmanlı Arşivleri (The Prime Minister's Ottoman Archives), one of the main Ottoman archives in İstanbul, Turkey Music [ edit ] Bôa , a rock band formed in London in 1993 Bands of America , an organization that arranges high school marching band competitions Black Oak Arkansas , an American rock band Bloodstock Open Air ,

368-472: The decision whether to assign a particular clade to a particular Linnaean rank (such as a superfamily , family , or subfamily ) is arbitrary. The subfamily Ungaliophiinae was formerly made up of four genera. Two of them ( Tropidophis and Trachyboa ) are actually more closely related to the American pipe snake ( Anilius scytale ) than to the boas, and are now placed in the family Tropidophiidae within

391-447: The distance between the hinges of the lower jaw is greatly increased. Both families share a number of primitive characteristics. Nearly all have a relatively rigid lower jaw with a coronoid element, as well as a vestigial pelvic girdle with hind limbs that are partially visible as a pair of spurs , one on either side of the vent . In males, these anal spurs are larger and more conspicuous than in females. A long row of palatal teeth

414-655: The few areas where they do coexist, the tendency is for them to occupy different habitats. Formerly, boas were said to be found in the New World and pythons in the Old World . While this is true of boine boas , other boid species are present in Africa, much of southern Eurasia, Madagascar , New Guinea , and the Solomon Islands , so this is not accurate. However, they seem more abundant in evolutionarily isolated areas. South America

437-543: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boa . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boa&oldid=1222785763 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Korean unisex given names Hidden categories: Short description

460-441: The size of a domestic cat , but larger food items are not unknown: the diet of the green anaconda ( Eunectes murinus ) is known to include subadult tapirs . Prey is swallowed whole, and may take several days or even weeks to fully digest. Despite their intimidating size and muscular power, they are generally not dangerous to humans. Contrary to popular belief, even the larger species do not crush their prey to death; in fact, prey

483-552: The superfamily Amerophidia . The other two genera ( Ungaliophis and Exiliboa ) are the sister group of the Charina / Lichanura clade within Boidae. BOA (drag queen) Boa was born in Windsor, Ontario . BOA worked as a drag queen for six years before competing on season 1 of Canada's Drag Race , where he placed seventh. In May 2015, BOA was physically attacked after

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506-516: The world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda of South America being the heaviest and second-longest snake known; in general, adults are medium to large in size, with females usually larger than the males. Six subfamilies comprising 15 genera and 54 species are currently recognized. Like the pythons , boas have elongated supratemporal bones. The quadrate bones are also elongated, but not as much, while both are capable of moving freely so when they swing sideways to their maximum extent,

529-600: Was isolated until a few million years ago, with a fauna that included marsupials and other distinctive mammals . With the formation of the Panamanian land bridge to North America about three million years ago, boines have migrated north as colubrids (and various Nearctic mammals) have migrated south, as part of the Great American Interchange . Most species are found in North, Central, and South America, as well as

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