Talk:Lamia/@comment-27950421-20190502163506/@comment-10429980-20190523144507

Another thing to consider is that not all constricting snakes of the same size possess the same constricting strength. California kingsnakes for instance have been found to exert roughly double the force of a similar-sized python or boa, perhaps because kingsnakes often eat other reptiles (whose lower oxygen requirements means it takes more effort to kill them via constriction).

Of course, lamias tend to take more inspiration from boas, pythons (and sometimes vipers or elapids) than they do colubrids, so comparisons to them are probably more apt.