Boa orophias

{{Short description|Species of snake}}

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| image = Boa orophias 60466703.jpg

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Daltry, J.C. |year=2018 |title=Boa orophias |volume=2018 |page=e.T74866530A75171346 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T74866530A75171346.en |access-date=28 March 2022}}

| status2 = CITES_A2

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

| genus = Boa

| species = orophias

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758{{Cite web |editor-last=Uetz |editor-first=P. |editor-last2=Freed |editor-first2=P. |editor-last3=Aguilar |editor-first3=R. |editor-last4=Hošek |editor-first4=J.|year=2022 |title=Boa orophias |url=https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Boa&species=orophias |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=The Reptile Database}}

| range_map = Saint Lucia in its region.svg

| range_map_caption = Location of Saint Lucia

}}

Boa orophias, the Saint Lucia boa or San Lucia boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae. The species is endemic to Saint Lucia. Boa orophias was described as a full species by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, but many later authors have classified it as a subspecies of Boa constrictor. According to the IUCN Red List, Boa orophias is a species, which they have listed as Endangered.

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