Breeding and rearing of snakes in zoos - trend and distribution analysis

This thesis deals with the breeding of snakes from the families Boidae and Pythonidae in zoos around the world and focuses on the author's analysis of the success of their breeding and rearing. The thesis also gives a brief description of snakes as a whole group, the role of snakes on the planet, their evolutionary development, the protection of snakes and a description of the families Boidae and Pythonidae. Within the complexity of the problem, the thesis provides information on the history of zoos, the history of snake breeding in zoos and basic principles for the successful breeding of snakes. Last but not least, the thesis explains in more detail concepts such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Using the created graphs with comments, the thesis presents the acquired and processed data