Revisiting the Karyotype Evolution of Neotropical Boid Snakes: A Puzzle Mediated by Chromosomal Fissions [PDF]
Cells, 2020 The Boidae family is an ancient group of snakes widely distributed across the Neotropical region, where several biogeographic events contributed towards shaping their evolution and diversification.
Patrik F. Viana +7 more
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Reference genome of the rubber boa, Charina bottae (Serpentes: Boidae). [PDF]
J Hered, 2022 AbstractThe rubber boa, Charina bottae is a semi-fossorial, cold-temperature adapted snake that ranges across the wetter and cooler ecoregions of the California Floristic Province. The rubber boa is 1 of 2 species in the family Boidae native to California and currently has 2 recognized subspecies, the Northern rubber boa C.
Grismer JL +9 more
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Detection of Mycoplasma spp. from snakes from five different families [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchBackground Mycoplasmas are an important cause of respiratory diseases in tortoises. In snakes, evidence of mycoplasma infections has been found almost exclusively in pythons.
Marline M. Faulhaber +5 more
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Reptilia, Boidae, Epicrates cenchria cenchria: distribution extension [PDF]
Check List, 2008 None
César Barrio-Amorós, Amelia Pascual
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Reptiles, Squamata, Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara, municipality of Duque de Caxias, state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2010 Herein we report a list of the reptiles from Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara, municipality of Duque deCaxias, state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, an area situated in the Atlantic Rainforest Domain.
Salles, R. O. L. +2 more
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Herpetofauna, Santa Edwiges I and II hydroelectric power plants, state of Goiás, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2009 This paper presents a check list of amphibians and reptiles of the area under the influence of Santa Edwiges I and IIsmall hydroelectric power plants on Rio Buritis, state of Goiás, Brazil.
Cintra, C. E. D. +2 more
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Why Are Some Snakes More Terrifying and What Is Behind the Fear? [PDF]
AnimalsSnakes are stimuli inducing an ancestral fear response in humans and other primates. Certain snakes evoke more subjective fear than others. True vipers are high-fear-eliciting snakes for both African and European respondents. This can be explained by the
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Sexual maturation in free-ranging Chilabothrus angulifer (Serpentes: Boidae)
Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2016 The Cuban Boa (C. angulifer) is the only boid snake in Cuba. It is the largest member of the genus, as well as the largest snake in the West Indies (> 400 cm in snout-vent length); as such, it is an iconic species of the Cuban herpetofauna.
Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera +4 more
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Chemosensory age discrimination in the snake Boa constrictor (Serpentes: Boidae)
Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012 Many snakes are able to use their chemosensory system to detect scent of conspecifics, which is important in many social contexts. Age discrimination based on chemical cues may be especially important to ensure access to sexually mature potential ...
Marianne Gabirot +4 more
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Revista de Biologia Neotropical, 2023 A Coleção Etnográfica Awá-Guajá é constituída de uma assembleia faunística de vertebrados proveniente de depósitos de descarte da comunidade Awá-Guajá, localizada no estado do Maranhão. Estudos zoológicos e etnoecológicos com mamíferos, peixes e aves já
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