01209nas a2200133 4500008004100000245015300041210006900194300000800263490000700271520070400278100002300982700002601005856004401031 2010 eng d00aObservations on Habitat, Activity, Foraging, and Diet in the Amazon Treeboa, Corallus hortulanus, on Batatas Island, ParnaĆ­ba Delta, PiauĆ­, Brazil0 aObservations on Habitat Activity Foraging and Diet in the Amazon a2210 v173 a

Batatas Island represents a small portion of P arnaíba Delta, measuring
15 km2, bordered to the west by the Rio P arnaíba 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.

1 aSilva, Pedro Costa1 aenderson, Robert, W H uhttps://bionoset.myspecies.info/node/11