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Red-tailed Boa

Boa constrictor

Class
Reptile
Family
Boidae
Genus
Boa
Also known as
BCC

Red-tailed Boa research

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

Red-tailed Boa natural history notes

Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.

Aquatic habitat use

  • Leonardo Valdés Orellana · 2012 · Herpetological Review 43(4): 654 · Read the note

Diet

  • Alvaro J. Aguilar-Kirigin, Jorge Roca, and Rafael Gabriel Mounzonnarváez · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(4): 441 · Read the note

  • Cristiana Ferreira-Silva · 2024 · Herpetological Review 55(4): 576 · Read the note

  • Alan Glauco Nóbrega Medeiros, Matheus Mickael Mota Soares, Diego Matheus de Mello Mendes, Alberto Moreira da Silva-Neto, and Rafael Sobral · 2023 · Herpetological Review 54(4): 676 · Read the note

  • Lourdes Marina Bezerra Pessoa, Amanda Maria Picelli, Vincent Prémel, and Robert W. Henderson · 2023 · Herpetological Review 54(4): 676–677 · Read the note

  • 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(2): 334 · Read the note

  • Moacir S. Tinôco, Mateus da S. Bonfim, and Débora Magnavita de Alencar · 2022 · Herpetological Review 53(1): 142 · Read the note

  • Renoir J. Auguste and Adam Fifi · 2021 · Herpetological Review 52(1): 146–147 · Read the note

  • Tamí Mott, Herminio Alfredo Leite Silva Vilela, and Arthur Barbosa de Andrade · 2020 · Herpetological Review 51(1): 137–138 · Read the note

  • Afonso Santiago de Oliveira Meneses, Pedro Paulo de Queiroz Souza, Nathalie Kaladinsky Citeli, and Mariana de Carvalho · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(3): 583–584 · Read the note

  • Michael T. Wells, Andrew M. Herberg, and Andrew M. Durso · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(3): 584–585 · Read the note

  • 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(4): 747–748 · Read the note

  • Katty Garzon-Tello · 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(2): 333–334 · Read the note

  • 2018 · Herpetological Review 49(1): 123–124 · Read the note

  • Alexander T. Mônico, Basílio Cerri-Neto, Rafael Rabello Reis, and Welinton D. Lauvers · 2017 · Herpetological Review 48(2): 445 · Read the note

  • 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(4): 676 · Read the note

  • Izar Aximoff, Felipe Queiroz, and Leonardo Freitas · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(3): 472–473 · Read the note

  • 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(1): 99–100 · Read the note

  • Javier Sunyer, Diana M. Galindo-Uribe, Luciana V. da Silva, Ana Gatica-Colima, and Bayard H. Brattstrom · 2015 · Herpetological Review 46(1): 100–102 · Read the note

  • 2014 · Herpetological Review 45(1): 140 · Read the note

  • Stephen R. Goldberg and Clark R. Mahrdt · 2012 · Herpetological Review 43(4): 654–655 · Read the note

  • 2011 · Herpetological Review 42(1): 97 · Read the note

  • Dennis K. Wasko and Dina L. Roberts · 2008 · Herpetological Review 39(4): 466 · Read the note

  • Paula Koeler Lira, Patricia de Lima Curzio, Thomas A. Sinclair, and B. L. Tipton · 2005 · Herpetological Review 36(4): 456–457 · Read the note

  • 2004 · Herpetological Review 35(2): 175 · Read the note

  • Robert W. Bryson and Andrew T. Holycross · 2001 · Herpetological Review 32(4): 261–262 · Read the note

  • 2000 · Herpetological Review 31(4): 244 · Read the note

Diet outside of native range

  • Aaron J. Place and Tandy Keenan · 2019 · Herpetological Review 50(2): 400–401 · Read the note

Predation

  • Roel de Plecker and Alexander Alken · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(2): 210–211 · Read the note

Predator/prey interaction

  • R. Jay Berenzweig, Mark W. Parry, and Kevin M. Enge · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(4): 445–446 · Read the note

Reproduction / courtship

  • Robert Puschendorf · 2016 · Herpetological Review 47(4): 677 · Read the note

Reproduction / facultative parthenogenesis

  • Jeffrey C. Beane, John A. Gerwin, and Debra A. Carr · 2013 · Herpetological Review 44(1): 151 · Read the note

Xanthism

  • Michael Gulman · 2025 · Herpetological Review 56(4): 441–442 · Read the note

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