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Within the exotic pet trade, it is also known as a "BCC", an abbreviation of its scientific name, to distinguish it from other boa constrictor subspecies such as B. c.imperator, which is also regularly, and erroneously, referred to as a "red-tailed boa" or "common boa".

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The scientific name for the boa constrictor is Boa constrictor.

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Actually, Boa constrictor is the scientific name. In this case the common name and scientific name are the same.

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