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245 00 $aBiology of the boas and pythons /$cedited by Robert W. Henderson and Robert Powell ; foreword by Richard Shine.
260 $aEagle Mountain, Utah :$bEagle Mountain Publishing,$cc2007.
300 $ax, 438 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.), maps ;$c29 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 21 $tThe biology of boas and pythons: a retrospective look to the future /$rRobert W. Henderson and Robert Powell. --$tThe higher-level relationships of alethinophidian snakes inferred from seven nuclear and mitochondrial genes /$rNicolas Vidal, Anne-Sophie Delmas, and S. Blair Hedges. --$tEcomorphology of boine snakes, with emphasis on South American forms /$rLigia Pizzatto, Otavio A. V. Marques, and Marcio Martins. --$tThermal biology of the southern African python (Python natalensis): does temperature limit its distribution? /$rGraham Alexander. --$tReproduction and thermoregulation are principal factors that influence habitat selection in the Argentine boa constrictor (Boa constrictor occidentalis) /$rMargarita Chiaraviglio and Miguel Bertona.
505 21 $tComparative ecology and ecological modeling of sympatric pythons, Python regius and Python sebae /$rLuca Luiselli ... [et al.]. --$tBody size and head shape of island Boa constrictor in Belize: environmental versus genetic contributions /$rScott M. Boback and D. Mark Carpenter. --$tHabitat use by the Mona boa (Epicrates monensis monensis) on Isla Mona, West Indies /$rPeter J. Tolson, Miguel A. García and Candee L. Ellsworth. --$tNatural history of the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) in the Venezuelan llanos /$rJesús A. Rivas ... [et al.]. -- Foraging ecology and diet of an ambush predator: the green python (Morelia viridis) /$rDavid Wilson. --$tThe things you find on the road: roadkill and incidental data as an indicator of habitat use in two species of tropical pythons /$rAlastair Freeman and Caroline Bruce.
505 21 $tFeeding in boas and pythons: motor recruitment patterns during striking /$rDavid Cundall, Alex Duefel, and Frances Irish. --$tResponse of the yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) to aquatic acoustic stimuli /$rBruce A. Young. --$tConstriction strength in snakes /$rBrad R. Moon and Rita S. Mehta. --$tCourtship, mating, and alternative reproductive tactics in the Middle American dwarf boa (Ungaliophis continentalis) /$rR. Michael Burger and Neil B. Ford. --$tGeographic variation in pheromone trailing behaviors of the Indonesian water python (Liasis mackloti) of Indonesia's Lesser Sunda Archipelago /$rChristopher K. Carmichael .. [et al.].
505 21 $tTesting the coadaptation hypothesis: the thermal physiology and thermoregulatory behavior of rubber boas (Charina bottae) /$rMichel E. Dorcas and Charles R. Peterson. --$tAdaptive correlation between feeding habits and digestive physiology for boas and pythons /$rStephen M. Secor and Brian D. Ott. --$tNeural correlates of complex behavior: vision and infrared imaging in boas and pythons /$rMichael S. Grace and Atsuko Matushita. --$tThe infrared sight of boas and pythons /$rRichard C. Goris ... [et al.]. --$tThe specific dynamic action in boas and pythons /$rBrian D. Ott and Stephen M. Secor. --$tSexual size dimorphism and the mating system of the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) /$rJesús A. Rivas ... [et al.].
505 21 $tEffects of habitat loss on the genetic structure of populations of the Argentine boa constrictor (Boa constrictor occidentalis) /$rGabriela Cardozo ... [et al.]. --$tSpatial ecology of resident and displaced boa constrictors (Boa constrictor imperator) on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua: implications for conservation /$rDavid A. Holtzman, Sandi Shifley, and Donald Sisson. --$tTreeboas in the West Indies: responses of Corallus cookii and Corallus grenadensis to disturbed habitats /$rSylvia D. Powell ... [et al.]. --$tEcology and conservation of an exploited insular population of Boa constrictor (Squamata: Boidae) on the Cayos Cochinos, Honduras /$rRobert N. Reed ... [et al.]. --$tGenetic population structure of the yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) in northern Argentina: management implications /$rMartín Mendez ... [et al.]. --$tIntroduced populations of Boa constrictor (Boidae) and Python molurus bivittatus (Pythonidae) in southern Florida /$rRay W. Snow ... [et al.]
650 0 $aBoa constrictor.
650 0 $aPythons.
650 0 $aAnaconda.
700 1 $aHenderson, Robert W.,$d1945-
700 1 $aPowell, Robert,$d1948-
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