boipeva

boipeva

Waglerophis merremii is the scientific name for a snake in the Colubridae family. It is also known by the names of flattened, flat snake, boipeva (meaning "flat snake" in the Tupi language, by joining the terms mboia ( "snake") and peb ( "flattened")), boipeba, , Captain-of-the-field, captain-of-mato, bored, goipeba, jaracambeva, jararacambeva, jararacuçu-tipiti, pepéua and pepeva. It is the only species of its kind. It is distributed throughout South America. It reaches about two meters. Its coating consists of dark gray or red scales, with yellowish or white designs.

 It is often confused with the jararaca (bothrops), that is, viperids. But boipeva is not poisonous (venomous). It feeds exclusively on amphibians (frogs, frogs and frogs), including frogs of the genus Bufo, which have poison glands. Of terrestrial habits, active both during the day and at night, lives near marshes, ponds, rivers and all kinds of places with great humidity where their food is more abundant. It is an oviparous animal, puts between 14 and 25 eggs at a time and is incubated for approximately 60 days. This snake is distributed throughout South America and is more easily found in the regions of São Paulo and Paraná.