This just might be a stupid question but...

...do all boas give live birth instead of laying eggs? I was just looking up argentine boas and it says they give birth to live young rather than laying eggs. I was wondering if this was true of all boas or are there exceptions?

Yah, I think all boas are live birthers...=)

Yes, all boas have live births.

yes they do

Yes, boas are viviparous.
Viviparous means that the babies develop inside the mother snakes body and they come out alive.
oviparous means that the mother snake gives birth to eggs and the babies develop in the egg while the mother incubates the eggs (in the wild)..
Ball Pythons are oviparous.

It's a stipulation of joining the boa club... no egg-bearers allowed!

I can't find it, but Jimmi has posted some links to YouTube video of his boa giving birth...can anyone find that post and relink it? It's awesome. =)

some pics of our boas birthing:

http://www.primareptilia.com/gallery...ies1.sized.jpg

http://www.primareptilia.com/gallery...th_2.sized.jpg

http://www.primareptilia.com/gallery...irth.sized.jpg

ok i might be wrong but i think the Saharan Sand Boas do lay eggs and i read theres another type of boa lays eggs

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Originally Posted by Greenlover

ok i might be wrong but i think the Saharan Sand Boas do lay eggs and i read theres another type of boa lays eggs

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Yep....they sure do lay eggs ;)