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Preface 7 The Husbandry of Boa constrictor in Germany 8 Taxonomy and Distribution 13 The Subspecies of Boa constrictor and their Varieties 18

I. The Imperator-Group 18

Boa c impera tor — Mexico 20 1. The Tarahumara/Mexico Boa c. Imperator 20 2. The Sonora/Mexico Boa c. imperator 12 3. The Cancun/Mexico Boa c. imperator 24 Boa c imperator — Belize 25 1. The Belize mainland variety of Boa c. imperator 26 2. The Crawl Cay Boa c. imperator 28 3. The Cay Caulker Boa c. imperator 30 Boa c imperator — Guatemala 32 Boa c. imperator — Honduras 32 1. The mainland variety 33 2. The Hog Island boa 34 3. The Bahia Island boa 36 Boa c imperator — El Salvador 40 Boa c imperator — Nicaragua 41 The Com Island boa 42 Boa c imperator — Costa Rica 44 Boa c imperator — Panama 46 Boa c imperator — Colombia 47 1. The mainland variety 47 2. The San Andres-Boa 49 Boa c. imperator - Venezuela 50 Boa c. imperator - Ecuador 50 Boa c. imperator -Peru 52 Boa c. sabogae 54 True Boa c. sabogae - the documented bloodiine 56 Boa c ortonii 60 Boa c longicauda 62 Boa c ortonii = Boa c longicauda? 65 Boa c. sigma 68

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II. The Constrictor - Complex 70

Boa c constrictor — Suriname, Guyana, French Guyana 72

Boa c constrictor — Brazil 75 Boa c constrictor — Venezuela 78 Boa c constrictor — Colombia 78 Boa c constrictor - Peru 80 Boa c constrictor — Ecuador 82 Boa c. constrictor — Bolivia 83 Boa c. constrictor - Trinidad and Tobago 84 Boa c amarali 86 Boa c amarali — Bolivia 87 Boa c amarali — Brazil 88 Boa c amarali — The US misinterpretation 91 Boa c ocddentalis 94

III. The Antillean - Complex 97

Boa c. orophias 97 Boa c nebulosa 98 Boa constrictor — Invasive species on Aruba 100

Crossbred Boas 103 Designer Boas 109 The Maximum Length of Boa constrictor 113

Legal Aspects 118 Field Studies on Boa c. ortonii 121 Acknowledgements 124

Glossary 125

References 126