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Lifestyle drives snake similarities in boas and pythons

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Boas and pythons aren’t that closely related, last sharing a common ancestor 60-90 million years ago, but they are remarkably similar in appearance. A recent study has found that boas and pythons have evolved the same adaptations in response to shared habitat types, showing that habitat is a key driving force behind the evolution of a […]

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