Nothing fascinates people quite like a snake—unless it's a really, really big snake. One of the biggest is the boa constrictor (Boa constrictor), the legendary non-venomous strangler found throughout much of Central and South America.
But it's not the large size of boas that interests Auburn University herpetology graduate student Scott Boback. It's the smaller size of the boas found on certain Central American islands. In the Snake Cayes, a group of small islands just off the coast of Belize, boas grow to only a fraction of the size of their mainland relatives.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/02/0205_030205_belizeboas.html
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Steven Beckerman
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