Feliz cumpleaños, 21 years for the Beni Anaconda, Eunectes beniensis (Dirksen, 2002) (Serpentes, Boidae): an update of voucher specimens, species’ distribution, and clarification of locality data of type specimens [PDF]
Check List, 2023 Little information for Eunectes beniensis (Dirksen, 2002) (Serpentes, Boidae) exists in the scientific literature and museum data. We review the natural history, diet, reproduction, distribution of this species and discuss its identifying characteristics.
Randy L. Powell +4 more
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Diversity, 2020 Our knowledge of early evolution of snakes is improving, but all that we can infer about the evolution of modern clades of snakes such as boas (Booidea) is still based on isolated bones.
Agustín Scanferla, Krister T. Smith
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Reptile occurrences data in the Volga River basin (Russia) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2020 The Volga basin is one of the most industrially developed regions of Russia with a high degree of anthropogenic impact on natural ecosystems. Human influence negatively affects the species diversity and number of animals, including reptiles. There are no
Andrey Bakiev +6 more
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Fossil snakes (Squamata, Serpentes) from the tar pits of Venezuela: taxonomic, palaeoenvironmental, and palaeobiogeographical implications for the North of South America during the Cenozoic/Quaternary boundary [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Tar seep deposits in South America historically are well-known for their rich record of fossil mammals, contrasting with only a few formal reports of reptile remains. Here we report a new snake fauna recovered from two tar pits from Venezuela.
Silvio Onary +2 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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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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Adenocarcinoma papilífero oral em jiboia (Boa constritor) mantida em cativeiro
Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2022 Estudos de neoplasias malignas e benignas em animais tem crescido ao longo do tempo, e os seus registros tem auxiliado no manejo de répteis que apresentam tumores.
Washington Luiz Assunção Pereira +3 more
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Estudios Geologicos, 1991 Revisión de las serpientes neógenas y cuaternarias de Europa central y oriental. Parte 1: Scolecophidia, Boidae, Colubrinae. Se estudian restos neógenos y cuaternarios de escolecofidios, boidos y colúbridos «colubrinos», incluyendo tanto formas ya ...
Z. Szyndlar
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Squamate Reptiles from municipality of Barcarena and surroundings, state of Pará, north of Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2011 We present the first species list of squamate reptiles of the municipality of Barcarena and surroundings, in state of Pará, north of Brazil. The study area is dominated by secondary florest at different successional stages.
Fernanda Silva +5 more
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Sarcocystis sp. shed by the common boa snake (Boa constrictor) in Brazil
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 The genus Sarcocystis contains around 200 species and 25 of these infect snakes. Two Sarcocystis spp. shed by snakes have called special attention of the scientific community. S.
Taynar Lima Bezerra +4 more
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