| You can learn a great deal even when your boat is anchored or tied to the dock, especially if other boas are moving about nearby. |
| It's the smaller size of the boas found on certain Central American islands. |
| Rubber boas are secretive, slow-moving, docile snakes, usually found under logs and rocks in either moist or dry forest habitats. |
| They are also preyed upon by mammalian predators such as cats, and by snakes such as boas and anacondas. |
| For some time, the herpetological community has been aware of island boas such as Hog Island boas, Corn Island boas, and Crawl Caye boas. |
| But it's not the large size of boas that interests Auburn University herpetology graduate student Scott Boback. |
