boa constrictors
Coiling tropical snakes
Boa constrictors are large, heavy-bodied snakes native to Central and South America that kill prey by coiling around it and squeezing until it suffocates.
Unlike venomous snakes, they rely entirely on constriction.
Popular in the exotic pet trade, they can grow over ten feet long.
The singular is boa constrictor, often shortened to just boa.
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
- coilsConnected loops of material
- nonvenomousProducing no poison
- snakeLimbless scaled reptile
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
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Reptiles with toxic bites
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