Virgin Islands Tree Boa

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Virgin Islands Tree Boa

• By Kailey Conway

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Facts

• A Species Survival Plan was started in 1990.
• This type of Boa is only found in Puerto Rico and
  the Virgin Islands.
• It grows to about 3 feet in length and is not
  venomous snake

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Virgin Islands Tree Boa
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Scientific Name
Epicrates Monensis Granti
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• The Virgin Islands Tree Boa grows about 3.3 feet
  in length.

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Why is the Virgin Islands Tree Boa Endangered?

• Their habitat is becoming destroyed.
• Tree are being cut down.
• Mongooses are killing them.
• They are being hunted.
• People hunt them for sports, clothing, or just
  for fun.

These are just some of the reasons The virgin
islands tree boa is becoming Endangered
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Special Facts

• Because they are endangered, they are being bread
  in captive.
• They like forest with poor rocky soil and steep
  slopes.
• During the day they sleep on the ground.
• They sleep all day and hunt at night.
• They hunt in a tree, in the dark.

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