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- "This is a real snake skin. Wait a minute... a boomslang is a snake!"
- — Harry Potter[src]
The boomslang is a large, highly venomous snake.[1]
Uses in potions[]
A jar of shredded Boomslang skin
The boomslang's skin was used in certain potions, most notably Polyjuice Potion.[2] Boomslang skin was not a common potion ingredient, but could be found in the private store room for the Potions professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[3][4]
Etymology[]
The English word "boomslang" is an English loan-word from Afrikaans or Dutch, "boom" meaning tree, and "slang" meaning snake.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play) (Mentioned only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Mentioned only)
- The Road to Hogwarts Sweepstakes (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter (website) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
- The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Boomslang on Wikipedia
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 10 (The Rogue Bludger)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 11 (The Duelling Club)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)