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THE GIANT SNAKES, Clifford H. Pope, Alfred A Knopf New York, 1967, Pages 79 and 80.

What do Boa constrictor constrictor eat in the wild?

jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

That was the only book on constrictors we had when I went to middle school. Dont they also claim there was a litter of 72 or 82 in that book?

Greg

Not much on Boas in the book. Mostly pythons.
The only reference I could find was on page 137, "The number of young produced per birth ranges from 21 to 64, with 15 as a possible lower limit."
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

That's not unheard of. I think Pete K. had an arabesque litter a few years back that consisted of 72 babies. It's definitely not the norm though, which is probably a good thing!

is that a lucy burm or boa next tot he normal burm? either way very interesting that one would be way back when and yet neitehr the lucy boa or burm is really around

Yes, I believe it is a leucistic Indian Python (named Serata) with a normal Indian Python. "Serata has been called a partial albino because she does not have pink eyes." Photo taken at Staten Island Zoo photo by Jack Muntzner, no date.
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

Does it give the size of the Indian pictured? I remember seeing a picture of a luecistic Indian being stretched out which was around 12 or 14ft. taken around the same time period. I'm inclined to believe that their was more than one in captivity in that time frame?

It doesn't say.
jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer