''Boa imperator sabogae'' (previously ''Boa constrictor sabogae'') is a subspecies of large, heavy-bodied snake. It is a member of the family

Boidae The Boidae, commonly known as boas or boids, are a family of nonvenomous snakes primarily found in the Americas, as well as Africa, Europe, Asia, and some Pacific Islands. Boas include some of the world's largest snakes, with the green anaconda ...

. This subspecies of ''

Boa imperator ''Boa imperator'' or ''Boa constrictor imperator'' (in common usage) is a large, heavy-bodied, nonvenomous species of snake, of the boa genus, that is commonly kept in captivity. ''Boa imperator'' is part of the family Boidae and is found in Mex ...

'' is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Pearl Islands The Pearl Islands (Spanish: Archipiélago de las Perlas or Islas de las Perlas) is a group of 200 or more islands and islets (many tiny and uninhabited) lying about off the Pacific coast of Panama in the Gulf of Panama. Islands The most nota ...

, off the

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

coast of

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

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constrictor sabogae Endemic reptiles of Mexico Fauna of Islas Marías {{snake-stub