Presence
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Notes on presence status | Since 1999 Boa constrictors are found as stray and vagrant individuals on Aruba, nowadays they have become established and can be found all over the island. On St. Maarten only stray and vagrant individuals have been found. |
Publications
- Bushar, L.M., Reynolds, R.G., Tucker, S., Pace, L.C., Lutterschmidt, W.I., Odum, R.A., Reinert, H.K. 2015. Genetic characterization of an invasive Boa constrictor population on the Caribbean Island of Aruba. Journal of Herpetology 49: 602-610.
- Buurt, G. van 2001. De amfibieën en reptielen van Aruba, Curaçao en Bonaire. 119 pp. Gerard van Buurt, Curaçao.
- Buurt, G. van, & Debrot, A.O. 2012. Exotic and invasive terrestrial and freshwater animal species in the Dutch Caribbean. 1-37. IMARES, Wageningen.
- Powell, R. 2006. Conservation of the herpetofauna on the Dutch Windward Islands: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. Applied Herpetology 3: 293-306.
- Powell, R., Henderson, R.W. & Parmerlee, J.S. Jr. 2005. The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. 192 pp. STENAPA.
- Powell, R., Henderson, R.W., Parmerlee, J.S. jr. 2015. The Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. Second edition, revised and expanded Nature Guide Series, No. 004: 343. Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean..