They are found throughout the Americas, ranging from northern Mexico ... some common misconceptions about how that constricting works, said Heyborne. One is that boa constrictors crush or break ...

"Boa" is a common name for more than 40 constricting ... Boa constrictors are New World snakes, native to habitats from northern Mexico through Central and South America. There are several ...

Consider the reptile’s common name – a snake called rubber. That’s because the outer covering of the northern rubber boa resembles, well, rubber. “They have small scales and the skin is ...