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Helmintos parásitos de Boa constrictor (Serpentes: Boidae) en el sur de Quintana Roo, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015
El presente estudio registra los helmintos parásitos de Boa constrictor Linnaeus, 1758 en el sur del estado deQuintana Roo, México. Se analizaron un total de 14 boas, recolectadas en 5 localidades, entre julio 2009 y septiembre2010.
David González-Solís, Francisco Josué Durán-Gorocica, José Rogelio Cedeño-Vázquez   +2 more
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Drivers of tail evolution in squamates and their implications for the fossorial origin of snakes

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The axial skeleton serves as the primary structural support in all vertebrates and is subdivided into five distinct regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal. Relaxation of constraints acting on the terminal end of the axial skeleton has led to remarkable variation in caudal vertebrae number across Squamata.
Olivia Binfield, Marco Camaiti, Lucy Roberts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mandibular osteosynthesis in a Boa constrictor snake

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2014
Nowadays are observed an increase in the finding of certain wild animals in urban areas, due to environmental changes caused by deforestation and economic use of natural areas.
Jorge Luiz Costa Castro , Sérgio Santalucia, José Ricardo Pachaly , José Ademar Villanova Junior , Verônica Souza Paiva Castro , Daniel Almeida Balthazar , Alex Lucas Spadetti , Wilker Nazareth Souza, Luiz Paulo Luzes Fedullo , Alceu Gaspar Raiser   +9 more
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Radiation and Intralesional Chemotherapy for a Fibrosarcoma in a Boa Constrictor, Boa constrictor ortoni [PDF]

Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery, 2001
ABSTRACT A 10-yr-old, female, boa constrictor, Boa constrictor ortoni, with a malignant subcutaneous fibrosarcoma of the body wall was treated with surgery and adjunctive radiation therapy. A total dose of 48 Gy was delivered in 16 equivalent 3 Gy fractions by a cobalt radiation unit over a 21 d period.
Jennifer N. Langan, William H. Adams, Steve Patton, Katie Lindermanri, Juergen Schumacher   +4 more
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Regulatory compliance and support for altered management of the exotic pet trade

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Globally, the exotic pet trade has contributed to species invasion, disease, and animal welfare risks. Although scientists have advocated for increased trade regulation, the success of management and regulatory efforts depends on compliance by participants in the exotic pet trade. We used a regulatory compliance framework to investigate exotic
Elizabeth N. Pratt, Julie L. Lockwood, Elizabeth G. King, Elizabeth F. Pienaar   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reporte de las serpientes del municipio de Tamalameque, Cesar - Colombia [PDF]

, 2012
Objetivo. Identificar preliminarmente los ofidios del municipio de Tamalameque, departamento del Cesar-Colombia. Materiales y métodos. Entre enero y mayo de 2009, mediante búsqueda libre y captura manual se efectuaron muestreos de serpientes, con dos ...
Oscar Ruiz P.
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Doing Autoethnography, Teaching Autoethnography as a White Woman Architect‐Educator‐Researcher in South Africa

International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract This autoethnographic study lies at the intersection of architectural, teaching and research practice through the lens of an architect‐teacher‐researcher working in post‐Apartheid South Africa. The research traces a shift from unconscious design practice to a more conscious, critical and careful practice through practice‐based design research ...
Sandra Felix
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A new catfish species of Microcambeva Costa & Bockmann, 1994 (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from southern Brazil, with a redescription of M. ribeirae Costa, Lima & Bizerril, 2004

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Among the few species of Microcambeva reported as occurring in more than one hydrographic basin, M. ribeirae has been previously listed from both the Ribeira de Iguape and the Guaraqueçaba basins. However, morphological and molecular analyses revealed that the specimens from Guaraqueçaba represent a new species, which is described in this ...
Lucas S. de Medeiros, Igor C. A. Souto‐Santos, Paulo A. Buckup, Juliano Ferrer, Vinicius J. C. Reis, Mario de Pinna, Sergio M. Q. Lima   +6 more
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The Discovery of XY Sex Chromosomes in a \u3cem\u3eBoa\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3ePython\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

, 2017
For over 50 years, biologists have accepted that all extant snakes share the same ZW sex chromosomes derived from a common ancestor [1, 2, 3], with different species exhibiting sex chromosomes at varying stages of differentiation.
Banks, Jason L., Booth, Warren, Card, Daren C., Castoe, Todd A., Gamble, Tony, Nielsen, Stuart V., Schield, Drew R., Schuett, Gordon W.   +7 more
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Composição e história natural das serpentes de Cerrado de Itirapina, São Paulo, sudeste do Brasil [PDF]

, 2008
Neotropical snake assemblages present high species richness and complex structures. The Cerrado is the second largest biome in Brazil, and was included among the 25 World's biodiversity hotspots.
MARQUES, Otavio Augusto Vuolo, MARTINS, Marcio, SAWAYA, Ricardo Jannini   +2 more
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