African burrowing python  (Calabaria reinhardtii)

Authentication

Authenticated (28/04/09) by Dr. Luca Luiselli, Senior Researcher in Ecology, Institute Demetra, Rome, Italy.
http://www.intecol.net/pages/002_personal.php?id=lucamlu

Glossary

  • Incubation: the act of incubating eggs, that is, keeping them warm so that development is possible.
  • Nocturnal: active at night.
  • Rostral scale: in snakes, the scale at the tip of the snout, just above the mouth.
  • Subfamily: a taxonomic category below a family but above a genus; a sub-division of a family, containing genera which are different enough to warrant a minor separation from the rest of the family.

References

  1. CITES (December, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  2. O’Shea, M. (2007) Boas and Pythons of the World.New Holland Publishers, London.
  3. Cimatti, E. (2003) Calabaria reinhardtii, African burrowing python. Reptilia, 28: 66 - 71.
  4. Bartlett, P.P. and Wagner, E. (1997) Pythons.Barron’s Educational Series, New York.
  5. Kingsnake.com: The African Burrowing “Python” (Calabaria reinhardtii) (December, 2008)
    http://www.kingsnake.com/sandboa/calabar.html
  6. Bartlett, R.D. and Bartlett, P. (1998) Snakes.Barron’s Educational Series, New York.
  7. Halliday, T. and Adler, K. (2002) The New Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians.Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  8. Angelici, F.M., Inyang, M.A., Effah, C. and Luiselli, L. (2000) Analysis of activity patterns and habitat use of radiotracked African burrowing pythons, Calabaria reinhardtii. Israel Journal of Zoology, 46 (2): 131 - 141.
  9. Akani, G.C., Barieenee, I.F., Capizzi, D. and Luiselli, L. (1999) Snake communities of moist rainforest and derived savanna sites of Nigeria: biodiversity patterns and conservation priorities. Biodiversity and Conservation, 8: 629 - 642.
  10. Luiselli, L. (2009) Pers. comm.
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