Is the Karyotype of Neotropical Boid Snakes Really Conserved? Cytotaxonomy, Chromosomal Rearrangements and Karyotype Organization in the Boidae Family. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Boids are primitive snakes from a basal lineage that is widely distributed in Neotropical region. Many of these species are both morphologically and biogeographically divergent, and the relationship among some species remains uncertain even with ...
Patrik F Viana +5 more
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Aspectos da biologia reprodutiva de Boa constrictor constrictor: um estudo histológico dos testículos nos períodos reprodutivos de quiescência e máxima atividade [PDF]
Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e ZootecniaRESUMO As serpentes pertencem ao segundo maior grupo dentro dos répteis, podendo apresentar sazonalidade quanto à espermatogênese, com produção descontínua ou contínua.
H.J. Bento +5 more
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Determinação de hemogregarina em Boa constrictor constrictor mantidos em cativeiro
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2012 O presente estudo teve como objetivo determinar a presença de hemogregarina em boídeos mantidos em cativeiro no Estado do Pará, bem como, relacionar a hemoparasitose com pre-disposição sexual, alterações clínicas e hematológicas e a presença de ...
Monique A. Luz +7 more
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First Natural Endocranial Cast of a Fossil Snake (Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina) [PDF]
, 2017 In this study, we describe a natural endocranial cast included in a partially preserved medium‐sized skull of the Upper Cretaceous South American snake Dinilysia patagonica.
Albino, Adriana Maria +3 more
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Identification and mapping of real acupoints in the anatomical topography of Boa constrictor
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2018 Acupuncture is a therapy of the traditional Chinese medicine technique, which over the years has been widespread in the West. Defined as a needle-point treatment technique (acupoints), exactly preconfigured in the body to produce a specific physiological
T. M. Fernandes +5 more
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Huitzil, 2019 Small birds constitute a significant portion of the Boa constrictor diet. There are few reports on the consumption of larger birds, even fewer of intraguild predation (among top predators).
Jorge Moisés Herrera R. +1 more
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Seasonal variation of serum biochemical values of Amazonian snakes (Boa constrictor constrictor) kept in captivity [PDF]
Biotemas, 2012 In northern Brazil, the seasons are not well defined compared to the South and Southeast regions, due to a hot and humid equatorial climate with a rainy season, known as the Amazonian winter, and a period with less rain, known as the Amazonian summer ...
Dennis José da Silva Lima +7 more
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Death of Boa constrictor amarali (serpentes, boidae) after ingestion of a tree porcupine (rodentia)
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2003 The objective of this paper is to report the death of a Boa constrictor amarali after ingestion of a tree porcupine. The animal was donated to the Center for the Study of Venoms and Venomous Animals (CEVAP/UNESP) - and died in captivity.
A. L. Cherubini +2 more
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Biotemas, 2012 Na região Norte do Brasil, as estações do ano não são bem definidas como acontece nas regiões Sul e Sudeste, devido ao clima equatorial quente e úmido, com um período mais chuvoso, conhecido como inverno amazônico, e um período menos chuvoso, conhecido ...
Dennis José da Silva Lima +7 more
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Encountering snakes in early Victorian London: The first reptile house at the Zoological Gardens [PDF]
, 2015 This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from SAGE via http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0073275315580958 This paper examines the first reptile house (1849) at the Zoological Gardens in London as a novel site for the production and ...
Hall, James R
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