@article {11, title = {Observations on Habitat, Activity, Foraging, and Diet in the Amazon Treeboa, Corallus hortulanus, on Batatas Island, Parna{\'\i}ba Delta, Piau{\'\i}, Brazil}, journal = {IRCF Reptiles \& Amphibians}, volume = {17}, year = {2010}, pages = {221}, chapter = {219}, abstract = {

Batatas Island represents a small portion of P arna\íba Delta, measuring
15 km2, bordered to the west by the Rio P arna\íba and to the east by
Lontras and M irim creeks. M ost of the land is devoted to agriculture, rice
in the region that comprises gallery forest, and sugarcane and banana plantations
in the interior.
Between June 2009 and S eptember 2010, 80 encounters with Amazon
Treeboas (Corallus hortulanus) resulted in a total of 144 hours of observations
of individuals in size classes ranging from juveniles to large adults. Forty percent
of observations were of adults, 50\% subadults, and 10\% juveniles.

}, author = {Pedro da Costa Silva}, editor = {Robert W. H enderson} }