**Identity of species as described 
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in this account is uncertain. This could 
refer to Eumeces gilberti; if so, it is the only record of brooding in this 
species. 
Bibliographic sources for 
Taxa 
Boidae 
Aspidites melanocephalus 
Boa constrictor 
Casarea dussumieri 
Chondropython viridis 
Epicrates cenchria 
E. striatus 
E. subflavus 
Eunectes murinus 
E. notaeus 
Liasis albertisii 
boa 
childreni 
tele 
fuscus 
L. olivaceus 
L. papuanus 
L. perthensis 
M 
orelia amethistina 
TABLE VI 
reports of snake parental behavior 
Sources 
Ross, 1978; Boos, 1979; Murphy et al., 
1981; Barker, 1982, 1985; Charles et al., 
1985 
Lanworn, 1972; Wells, 1981 
Bloxam, 1984 
Kibler in Lederer, 1944; Pope, 1961; 
Kratzer, 1962; MacKay, 1973; Switak, 
1975; Walsh, 1977, [1980]; Ross 1978; 
Olexa, 1979; Christian, 1981; Engelmann 
and Obst, 1981; Slavens, 1982, 1983, 
1984, 1985, 1987; Hudson, 1983; Van 
Mierop et al., 1983; Zulich, 1983, 1985; 
[Orlov], 1986; Wexo, 1987 
Boos, 1976; Brunner, 1979; Groves, 1981; 
Walsh and Davis, 1984 
Huff, 1980; Slavens, 1987 
Gosse, 1851 
Neill and Allen, 1962; Holmstrom and 
Behler, 1981 
Holmstrom, 1981; Slavens, 1985, 1988; 
Townson, 1985 
Kinghorn, 1956; Johnson, 1975; Ross and 
Larman, 1977; Ross, 1978; Tarbet, 1984; 
Slavens, 1986; B. Clark, pers. comm. 
Barker, 1982; Mehrtens, 1987 
Ross, 1973, 1980a,1983; Dunn, 1979a; 
Sheargold, 1979; Barker, 1982; Slavens, 
1988 
Kinghorn, 1956; Gow, 1976; Ross and Larman, 
1977; Ross, 1978, 1980b; Boos, 1979, 
1983; McPhee, 1979; Barker, 1982; Weidner 
in Funk, 1982; Orlow, 1982; Bulian and 
Broer, 1984; Charles et al., 1985; 
[Orlov], 1986; Mehrtens, 1987; Shine, 
1988 
Kinghorn, 1956 
Tryon, 1985; Tryon and Whitehead, 1988 
Stafford, 1986 
Pope, 1961; Ross, 1978; Boos, 1979; McPhee, 
1979; Parker, [1982]; Banks and Schwaner, 
1984; Charles et al., 1985; Grow, 1987; 
B. Clark, pers. comm. 
