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Rainbow Boa WHERE DOES IT LIVE? Snakes
The rainbow boa is a colorful snake.
It is a constrictor. Constrictors kill
prey by squeezing it.
Head
FACT FILE
Scientific Name:
Epicrates cenchria
Food: mammals Smooth, shiny
Habitat: rain forests, woodlands, grasslands scales
Where in the World: Central and South
America
Heat pits
sense heat
Rainbow boas
shine with rainbow
colors. That gives Rainbow boas
the snake its name. BIG OR SMALL sense heat from
other animals.
They can find prey
6 feet in the dark.
(1.8 m)
8 Up to 6.5 feet (2 m) 9
