An roughly 19-inch snake was captured on a cargo ship in Honolulu Harbor final weekend. The snake, recognized as a boa constrictor was first seen by U.S. Customs and Border Safety brokers, crawling on the deck of the ship that was enroute to Honolulu Harbor.
Inspectors with the Hawai‘i Division of Agriculture (HDOA) Quarantine department boarded the ship on the harbor and had been capable of seize the boa, which seems to be a juvenile. That is the second snake present in Hawaii within the final a number of months. In Could, a feminine gopher snake was captured on Maui by the HDOA. That snake was euthanized.
In July 2022, a juvenile gopher snake measuring about 21 inches in size was present in a Kapolei House Depot on the island of O’ahu. In 2016, a ball python was discovered on a Maui Hawaii espresso farm. That snake was euthanized because of the poor situation by which it was discovered. And in 2018, a 5-foot ball python was discovered close to a landfill on the Massive Island.
Boa constrictors develop to about 8 to 10 toes. Picture by Alex Baranska/Shutterstock
In 2011, pig hunters on O’ahu captured a nine-foot boa constrictor close to the Halawa Correctional facility in Halawa Valley, and in September 2015, a 2 ½-foot-long ball python was captured in a storage in Pearl Metropolis, additionally on the island of O’ahu.
Most reptiles in Hawaii are non-native, launched species. The possession and transportation of snakes is unlawful in Hawaii and is a category c felony, however the tremendous, upwards of $200,000, hasn’t stopped some of us from bringing them in as pets. The state has an amnesty program that permits anybody in possession of snakes, massive lizards and different species which can be unlawful to personal within the state, to show them into any Hawaiian Division of Agriculture (HDOA) workplace, the Honolulu Zoo, Panaewa Zoo in Hilo or any Humane Society. These convicted of possessing or transporting unlawful animals are topic to a $200,000 tremendous and as much as three years in jail. No one has but paid the tremendous. Hawaii residents who’ve seen or have any data on animals which can be unlawful to maintain in then state can name the state’s toll free put up hotline at (808) 643-PEST (7378).
Boa constrictor data
Boa constrictors are common snakes with reptile keepers. There are a selection of boas, from boa constrictors to sand boas to the hog island boas. Additionally they fluctuate in measurement, with boa constrictors (Boa constrictor) rising to about 10 toes in size, and hog island boas rising a lot smaller, to about 5 to 6 toes in size.
