Madagascar Ground Boa Acrantophis madagascariensis
Madagascar Ground Boa, Ankarafantsika, Madagascar, November 2016 - click for larger image Ankarafantsika, Madagascar
November 2016

The Madagascar Ground Boa is endemic to the north and west of Madagascar in dry and humid forest up to about 800 metres.

It feeds on rodents, bats, lemurs and ducks which it kills by constriction.

Madagascar Ground Boa, Ankarafantsika, Madagascar, November 2016 - click for larger image This individual rested under one of the huts where we were staying but came out to lie on the leaf litter where it was very well camouflaged.

See the page at ARKive.

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