Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Related bibliographies: Reptiles Snakes Boidae Central America North America South America West Indies Taxonomy of the genus Boa Biodiversity of the family Boidae Bibliography of the genus Boa (Red-tailed Boas) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Boidae) Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted. Boa in general Anonymous. 1976. Boa Linnaeus, 1758 (Reptilia: Serpentes): placed on the Official List. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 32(4): 218-221. Aller, B.; Bayless, M.K.; Campbell, R. 2006. Red-Tailed Boas: A Complete Guide to Boa constrictor. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 128 pp. Binder, S.; Lamp, A. 2007. Boa constrictor - Die Abgottschlange. 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Alberto Carlos, H.S.; Koeler Lira, P.; Lima Curzio, P. de; Santos Fernandez, F.A. dos 2005. Natural history notes: Boa constrictor constrictor (boa constrictor) and Bothrops Jararaca (Jararaca). Diet. Herpetological Review 36(4): 456. Alemán, C. 1953. Contribution al estudio de los reptiles y batracios de la Sierra de Perija. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 13(35): Unpaginated. Almiron, D.; Hulsberg, H.; Luna, N.; Waller, T. 2011. A failed swallowing attempt upon a Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous Hamilton-Smith, 1839) by the Argentine Boa constrictor (Boa constrictor occidentalis (Philippi, 1873)). Herpetology Notes 4: 359-362. Amaral, A. do 1929. Valor systematico de varias formas de ophidios neotropicos. Memorias do Instituto Butantan (Sao Paulo) 4: 3-68. Andrade, D.V.; Abe, A.S. 1998. Abnormalities in a litter of Boa constrictor amarali. The Snake 28(1-2): 28-32. Andreotti, F. 1993. Notes on captive propagation and husbandry of the red-tail boa constrictor, Boa constrictor ssp. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 28(5): 98-102. Ashton, C.B. 1984. Silver gull attempting to swallow a snake. South Australian Ornithologist 29(4): 99. Astor, E. 1993. The vizcacha-burrow boa. Litteratura Serpentium (English Edition) 13(5): 153-163. Attademo, A.; Bertona, M.; Kozykariski, M.; Chiaraviglio, M. 2004. Uso del habitat por Boa constrictor occidentalis (Serpentes: Boidae) durante la estacion seca en Cordoba, Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 18(1): 33-41. Aximoff, I.; Queiroz, F.; Freitas, L. 2016. Natural history notes: Boa constrictor (Boa Constrictor). Diet. Herpetological Review 47(3): 472-473. Bakkegard, K.A.; Timm, R.M. 2001. Natural history notes: Boa constrictor (Boa constrictor). Diet. Herpetological Review 32(4): 261-262. Barker, D.G. 2008. Will they come in out of the cold? Observations of large constrictors in cool and cold conditions. 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