Kenyan Sand Boa

Kenyan Sand Boa research

12 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →

• Bioenergetic components of reproductive effort in viviparous snakes: costs of vitellogenesis exceed costs of pregnancy.

  Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2011 · cited 55 times

• Material properties of the skin of the Kenyan sand boa Gongylophis colubrinus (Squamata, Boidae).

  Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2010 · cited 37 times

• Snakes and snakebite envenoming in Northern Tanzania: a neglected tropical health problem.

  The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2015 · cited 17 times

• Study of the spatial organization of the gas exchange components of a snake lung – the sandboa Eryx colubrinus (Reptilia: Ophidia: Colubridae) – by latex casting

  Journal of Zoology · 1999 · cited 13 times

• Antipredatory reaction of the leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius to snake predators.

  Current zoology · 2016 · cited 10 times

• Somali Boidae (genus Eryx Daudin 1803) and Pythonidae (genus Python Daudin 1803) (Reptilia Serpentes)

  Tropical Zoology · 2005 · cited 8 times

• Traditional and scientific conceptions of snakes in Kenya: Alternative perspectives for teaching

  OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) · 2008 · cited 4 times

• First case of systemic fatal mycobacteriosis caused by Mycobacterium goodii in a pet Kenyan sand boa (Eryx colubrinus loveridgei).

  BMC veterinary research · 2022 · cited 2 times · open access