Rosy boa  (Charina trivirgata)

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Glossary

  • Gestation: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
  • Hibernates: hibernation is a winter survival strategy in which the animal passes the winter in a resting state. This period of inactivity is characterised by specific biological and biochemical changes including lowered blood pressure and respiration rate.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
  • Vestigial: a characteristic with little or no contemporary use, but derived from one which was useful and well developed in an ancestral form.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (October, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Arizona Game and Fish Department. (2003) Unpublished Abstract Compiled and Edited by the Heritage Data Management System.Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona. Available at: http://www.azgfd.gov/w_c/edits/hdms_abstracts_reptiles.shtml
  3. CITES (June, 2007)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Wiedensaul, S. (1991) Snakes of the World.The Apple Press, London.
  5. Burnie, D. (2001) Animal.Dorling Kindersley, London.
  6. Bartlett, R.D. and Bartlett, P.P. (2005) Rosy, Rubber, and Sand Boas: Facts and Advice on Care and Breeding.Barron's Educational Series, New York.
  7. Marlow, R. (1990) Rosy Boa. In: Zeiner, D.C., Laudenslayer Jr, W.F., Mayer, K.E. and White, M. (Eds) California's Wildlife. Vol. I-III.California Departartment of Fish and Game, Sacramento, California.
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