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Reference
Material
As far as we can determine, there is no single source
or site that provides much of the reference material ever published
regarding boa constrictors; this is an attempt to correct that.
Much of the material is out of print and, as a consequence, is
difficult to find. We will periodically update this page as we find additional
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