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rubber boas have heat sensing pits?
look back at textbook for heat sensing
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https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/news-posts/pit-vipers-can-detect-prey-via-heat (says boas have heat pits)
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https://login.jpllnet.sfsu.edu/login?qurl=https://www.jstor.org/stable/984731 (heat pits)
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conflicting evidence about rubber boas having heat sensing pits. overall boide family is said to have pits, but reptile forums and inspection of the snake itself doesn't show pits.
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