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Tekpc007
06-21-12, 12:04 PM
So i emailed the research station on Cayos Cochinos asking for recent hog island photos but they can't send them due to copyright but they sent me a pdf called Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of the Hog Island Boa Constrictor 2011.pdf , a 270 page thesis of hog isand boas with current data ! below is the email , i put the pdf on a free hosting site so not sure how long it will last. Below is the email they sent me back, and a link to the PDF so please share it. i was also able to attach it to this post . it has some good gentics info in it , but maybe not in the right forums so mods please move if you think it needs to be somewhere else.

http://temp-share.com/show/Pf3Y6F7W2 (http://temp-share.com/show/Pf3Y6F7W2)

Find attach a 2011 PHD thesis about the Hog Island pink boa. There you will find usefull information. Unfortunetly we can not send you pictures of the boas becouse we sign agreement with the scientist about the rights of the pictures and we are not authorized for distribution. Anyway if you come to Honduras you are welcome to visit us and take your own pictures.


Adrian Oviedo
Director Ejecutivo
Fundación Cayos Cochinos
La Ceiba, Honduras.

Tekpc007
06-21-12, 12:54 PM
photo from PDF of wild caught

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7863/wildcaughthogislandboas.jpg

snake man12
06-21-12, 02:30 PM
photo from PDF of wild caught

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/7863/wildcaughthogislandboas.jpg

Only the first two pics are hogs

Tekpc007
06-21-12, 02:34 PM
yep forgot to point that out thanks! i have read most of the PDF , and it seems there are now about 2000 hogs on the islands now and they are recovering in numbers so thats good. I learned they are smaller due to smaller prey size availability and they color change to help find prey both in the day and nite times.

snake man12
06-21-12, 03:36 PM
yep forgot to point that out thanks! i have read most of the PDF , and it seems there are now about 2000 hogs on the islands now and they are recovering in numbers so thats good. I learned they are smaller due to smaller prey size availability and they color change to help find prey both in the day and nite times.

I'm relieved I really like the hogs. BTW the 3 and 5 pick look like argentine boas