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Round Island Boa Reintroduction – Back in Wild after a 150-Year Absence

[…]mega-vertebrates”.  The Trust was the first to breed the Giant Jumping Rat, Lesser Antilles Iguana, Flat-tailed Tortoise and scores of others (please see article below). The Reintroduction The island selected for the new Round Island Boa population has been cleared of the introduced black rats, goats and rabbits that previously […]
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Python Eats Crocodile – Tales of Big Snake Eating

[…]see articles linked below).  One, a 60 pound White-tailed Deer taken by a huge Green Anaconda in Venezuela, would be hard for me “to swallow” (sorry!) had I not been awakened by the snake disgorging it below my hammock in the wee hours!  A 5-foot-long Spectacled Caiman grabbed by another […]
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Snake Escapes – Recovering Cobras and other Snakes in Zoos and Homes – Part 2

[…]often productive. You can even find snake tracks outdoors, if conditions are just right.  During Venezuela’s dry season, I was surprised to find that Green Anacondas (Eunectes murinus) left very clear drag marks when moving from one pool to another.  As the wind usually erased the tracks within an hour […]
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Hunting Anacondas in the Venezuelan Llanos – notes and photos for fans of giant snakes

[…]was with great anticipation that, after some years as a reptile keeper for the zoo, I set off for Venezuela to assist in field studies of the green anaconda, arguably the world’s largest snake.   Accounts of what I observed and learned during three visits to that country’s central llanos […]
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The Natural History and Captive Care of the Smokey Jungle Frog – Part 1

[…]its unique habits in Part 2. Range This frog occurs from Honduras and northern Nicaragua through Venezuela to French Guinea and south to southern Columbia, Ecuador, northern Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.  Due to its secretive nature, the southernmost limits of its range are not well known. Habitat Usually found in […]
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Calabar Ground and Mexican Dwarf Pythons – Unique Burrowers for Python Fans

[…]apparently spend a good deal of time foraging in rodent burrows, and have even been seen to enter iguana and sea turtle nests to prey upon eggs. Captive Care Mexican Dwarf Pythons can be kept as has been described for Calabar Ground Pythons, but need a drier substrate and less […]
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Recent Field Research – Reptile and Amphibian Feeding Observations

[…]pound White-tailed Deer that was consumed by a 16 foot-long Green Anaconda, Eunectes murinus, in Venezuela.  Other notable Anaconda meals include a Red-Footed Tortoise and a Yellow-Spotted Side-Necked Turtle (please see article below for details and other observations).  However, when viewed in terms of predator vs. prey mass, the Hog-nosed […]
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People as Python Prey – Giant Snakes Attack 150, Kill 6 in Philippines

[…]attacks upon people always brings out wild claims.  While working with Green Anacondas in Venezuela, I tried to track down 2 reports of human predation, but was unable to prove or disprove either.  I recall reading several well-authenticated accounts in old issues of Herpetologica, and sadly, have first-hand knowledge of […]
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The Natural History and Captive Care of the Brazilian Rainbow Boa

[…]  The most commonly available subspecies, E. c. cenchria, is found from southern Venezuela, Guyana and Surinam south through Brazil’s Amazon Basin. The various subspecies occupy much of Central and South America, from Costa Rica to Argentina. Habitat Rainbow boas may be found in wet and dry forest, scrubland, savannahs, […]
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