Boa orophias

Boa orophias, the Saint Lucia boa or San Lucia boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to Saint Lucia. Boa orophias was described as a full species by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, but many later authors have classified it as a subspecies of Boa constrictor.^[3] According to the IUCN Red List, Boa orophias is a species, which they have listed as Endangered.^[1]

Boa orophias
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Boidae
Genus:	Boa
Species:	B. orophias
Binomial name
Boa orophias Linnaeus, 1758[3]
Location of Saint Lucia