Red-Tailed Boas: A Complete Guide to Boa Constrictor (Complete Herp Care)

For both beginner and advanced hobbyists comes a brand new reptile and amphibian series. Each ttile in the Complete Herp Care series contains all-new, in-depth current information on a wide variety of topics, including breeding, housing, nutrition, and health care. All authors are experienced writers and experts in their field. Every book is fully illustrated and contains multiple sidebars and tip boxes.

Including all the subspecies of red-tailed boas, this book is a thorough guide to all aspects of keeping and breeding these snakes, with sections on housing, nutrition, and health care. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the safety issues involved when keeping a large snake.

BEN ALLER is an experienced herpetoculturist, specializing in the captive husbandry of Southeast Asian monitors and red-tailed boas. He is the owner of Zoo Fab, a company that fabricates and designs zoological exhibits.

MARK K. BAYLESS has been a herpetoculturist for 23 years, keeping monitor lizards, snakes, and smphibians in his Berkeley, California, residence since 1961. He has written many articles about monitor lizards, especially the African species.