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. 2026 Mar 11;64(3):e01345-25. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01345-25

Fig 1.

Boa constrictor occidentalis with respiratory disease. Snake exhibits mucous discharge from oral and nasal areas with oral breathing. Radiograph reveals faveolar pattern indicating pneumonia. Microscopic image shows erythrocyte with inclusion body.

Seven-year-old female Boa constrictor occidentalis with mucous discharge from the oral and nasal cavities and oral breathing. (A) White arrowhead: nostril with dried secretion; black arrow: open glottis during oral breathing; black arrowhead: mucous secretion. (B) Radiograph of the pulmonary region in the left lateral position. Black asterisk: heart; white arrow: faveolar pattern, consistent with pneumonia. (C) Black arrow: inclusion body in erythrocyte.