Boas & Pythons, and Other Friendly SnakesThis easy-to-read text tells exactly why it is that boas and pythons rank among the most popular pet snakes and provides valuable information about selecting and caring for them. |
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INTRODUCTION | 6 |
A SELECTION OF SPECIES | 57 |
TERRARIUM CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE | 105 |
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adult amphibians Anaconda aquatic areas basking become birds bite Boidae boids brown Burmese Python burrowing cage captive breeding chickens chicks Chondropython viridis classification climbing branches color Constrictor constructed Corallus daytime temperature developed Dwarf Boa eggs Emerald Tree Emerald Tree Boa Epicrates Eryx feed female genus gravel Green Tree Python HABITAT AND HABITS handling hatching head heat herpetologist hobbyists incubation Indian Python infected juvenile Kahl keep Kochetov labial larger boids live lizards Mainly nocturnal male mammals mice modern snakes Mouth rot night ovoviviparous P. J. Stafford parasites Photo plants plywood prey animal PYTHON LENGTH Pythoninae pythons and boas Rainbow Boa rats relatively REPRODUCTION reptiles require Reticulated Python Rosy Boa Sand Boa sand boas scales sea snakes skin snake species species of boids specimens subfamily subspecies substrate suitable tail terraria terrarium tropical usually venomous snakes ventilation vertebrates W. B. Allen wild young