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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First record of Boa constrictor (Serpentes, Boidae) in the Quaternary of South America [PDF]
, 2008 Vertebral remains assignable to the extant snake Boa constrictor, found in the Toropí Formation (Late Pleistocene, Lujanian age) at Arroyo Toropí, northeastern Argentina, are here described.
Albino, Adriana Maria +3 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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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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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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Identification of a Novel Deltavirus in Boa Constrictors [PDF]
mBio, 2018 So far, the only known example of deltaviruses is the hepatitis delta virus (HDV). HDV is speculated to have evolved in humans, since deltaviruses were until very recently found only in humans. Using a metatranscriptomic sequencing approach, we found a circular RNA, which resembles that of HDV in size and coding strategy, in a snake. The identification
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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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Boa constrictor occidentalis (Argentine Boa) DIET [PDF]
, 2010 Boa constrictor occidentalis is the southernmost subspecies distributed from 30 º N to 36 º S and is the only member of the genus Boa present in Argentina.
Acosta, Juan Carlos +3 more
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Boa constrictor constrictor reproductive biology aspects: the testes histological study in the reproductive periods of quiescence and maximal activity [PDF]
, 2019 These snakes belong to the second largest group within the reptiles, being able to present seasonality regarding spermatogenesis, with discontinuous or continuous production. The present study aims to characterize Boa constrictor constrictor reproductive
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