Current SSP research is concerned with analysis of survivorship of different age classes of the reintroduced population of the Virgin Islands boa and ecological studies of the Mona boa. Captive management and reintroduction A captive breeding program using the Virgin Islands sub-species was initiated by TZG in 1985. The SSP program emphasizes short-term maintenance in captivity for the production of snakes for reintroduction programs. The reproductive program has been very successful, producing more than 100 offspring from ten founders. A breeding program for the Mona boa, used primarily for reproductive research on this taxon, was initiated in 1995.
Exotic predators pose the greatest danger to successful reintroduction efforts.
Elimination was attempted through three rounds of anti-coagulant poisoning spaced six months apart. Rats have been eliminated on Cayo Ratones, while on Congo Cay rats were undetected for two years after poisoning but have since returned. The poisoning of Isla Monito's rats is still in progress. Six of the released snakes were implanted with radiotransmitters to monitor their activities. The reintroduction effort, funded by the AZA Conservation Endowment Fund, has been an outstanding success.