Boa constrictor

The Boa constrictor was first documented on Aruba in 1999 and they have since rapidly expanded their population size and distribution across the island. A DNA study by Dr. Bushar and colleagues revealed that the boa constrictor invasion on Aruba is most likely the result of the release or escape of a small number of unrelated captive snakes. 

News article on:

Bushar, L.M., R.G. Reynolds, S. Tucker, L.C. Pace, W.I. Lutterschmidt, R.A. Odum, and H.K. Reinert. 2015. Genetic characterization of an invasive Boa constrictor population on the Caribbean island of Aruba, Journal of Herpetology 49)

This news article was published in BioNews 19

BioNews is produced by the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance and funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

 

 

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