Whats the difference between Boa and Pythons?

[Solid Snake]

topic :)

[Matt]

man, there are tons of answers here;
im at work and have like 30 seconds, so ill give one and let everyone else add on as they see fit

1. boas give birth to live young, pythons lay eggs

[Dom]

Actually .. doesn't the calabar python have live birth?

[LdyDrgn]

no the Calabar BOA lays eggs ;) (yeah yeah, still under contention, blah blah blah)

There is also another sand boa that lays eggs. EBV has the first recorded captive hatching of them in the states :D

[jncoclub]

Good question yoeun905; I've wondered thisa aswell.

Is it true that pythons have heat pits and boas don't?

[LdyDrgn]

Emerald Tree boas and Amazon Tree boas have heat pits... so that distinction doesn't work either ;)

[Dozer]

Boa's start with the letter B, yet Pythons, are P :) That should solidify the answer :)

[Solid Snake]

they both look the same, isnt there a difference in their looks?

[HetForHuman]

they dont look the same.look at a retic and look at a red tail boa, i dont think they even look close to the same.