DeCS

Descriptor English:

Boidae

Descriptor Spanish:

Boidae

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Boidae
Entry term(s)	Boinae anaconda boa pitón
Scope note:	Familia de serpientes compuesta de boas, anacondas y pitones. Ocupan una diversidad de hábitats en los trópicos y subtrópicos y son arbóreas, acuáticas o cavadoras. Algunas son ovíparas, otras ovovivíparas. En contra de la opinión popular, no trituran los huesos de sus víctimas: sus anillos ejercen la suficiente presión para detener la respiración de la presa, ahogándola. Hay cinco subfamilias: Boinae, Bolyerinae, Erycinae, Pythoninae y Tropidophiinae. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p315-320)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Boidae

Descriptor French:

Boidae

Entry term(s):

Anaconda
Boa
Boïdés
Python

Tree number(s):

B01.050.150.900.833.672.125.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017821

Scope note:

A family of snakes comprising the boas, anacondas, and pythons. They occupy a variety of habitats through the tropics and subtropics and are arboreal, aquatic or fossorial (burrowing). Some are oviparous, others ovoviviparous. Contrary to popular opinion, they do not crush the bones of their victims: their coils exert enough pressure to stop a prey's breathing, thus suffocating it. There are five subfamilies: Boinae, Bolyerinae, Erycinae, Pythoninae, and Tropidophiinae. (Goin, Goin, and Zug, Introduction to Herpetology, 3d ed, p315-320)

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BL sang
CF liquide cérébrospinal
CL classification
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
IN traumatismes
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
SU chirurgie
UR urine
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

31614

Unique ID:

D017821

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Date Established:

1994/01/01

Date of Entry:

1993/02/16

Revision Date:

2017/06/20