Coluber constrictor is found in a variety of habitats throughout the United States including grasslands, prairies and forested areas (Conant & Collins 1998).
The book concludes with a page of facts about some of the animals featured in the story, including typical lengths of snails, iguanas, boa constrictors, and beaver dams.
Ian Willey, 43, thought at first it was a branch when son Calum, 12, noticed the dead snake, believed to be a second boa constrictor, near a children's play area.
The boa constrictor, which was christened Wilton by staff at the owl centre, has been taken into the care of ecologist David Pollard, from Arnside, South Cumbria.
Joseph DeRisi wasn't sure at first what to make of the letter he got a few years ago from Taryn Hook of San Jose, Calif., not to mention the photo she enclosed of herself with a boa constrictor draped around her neck.