Straight forward facts are presented under 9 headings: boa constrictors, sizes, colors, where they live, where they are found, senses, defense, food, and babies.

There are “many boa constrictor subspecies… They live in a wide variety of habitats.. rain forests… grasslands and semidesert areas… by plantations, agricultural land… found near rivers… They live from Mexico, through Central America, to South America.”  Their blotchy skin coloring helps camouflage them from their few enemies. Boas are not venomous, but do have a painful bite. The photo on page 19 shows a boa constrictor wrapped around the mid-body of a mammal (most likely a rat) with the mammal’s head being swallowed by the boa. The caption under the photo reads, ” Boa constrictors help control populations of rodents and other pests.”