Anatomy of a Juvenile Columbian Boa

Thank you to JuliusSqueezer over at RedTailBoa for allowing me to reproduce this article here on The Reptile Rooms.

This is a juvenile female Columbian boa that I took in on rescue last year. She was bought by a teenage girl on impulse and her Dad would not let her bring her inside the house so she attempted to keep the snake in a Rubbermaid tote inside her car in an unheated garage. By the time I got her she had a horrible RI. I did all I could but she died anyway. Anyway, that is the story on the snake. Maybe her death will help to educate others.

Here are some close-up shots of various views.

Kidneys & Ureters

Lungs

Heart

Trachea, esophagus, internal sheath of tongue