Ciência Rural, 2011 Um exemplar adulto de Boa constrictor com histórico de atropelamento foi atendido no Hospital Veterinário. Exames clínico e radiográfico identificaram a presença de uma luxação no terço médio da coluna vertebral.
Simone Borges Salgueiro De Simone +4 more
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Filial cannibalism in rainbow boas (Epicrates cenchria and E. assisi)
Theriogenology WildCannibalism, or intraspecific predation, refers to the practice in which an individual completely or partially consumes another conspecific. Filial cannibalism occurs when parents consume their own offspring, whether they are alive or stillborn.
Gabriela Ramos +2 more
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Polytene chromosomes as indicators of phylogeny in several species groups of Drosophila. [PDF]
, 2001 BackgroundPolytene chromosome banding patterns have long been used by Drosophila evolutionists to infer degree of relatedness among taxa. Recently, nucleotide sequences have preempted this traditional method.
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Evolutionary dynamics shape two passive defensive mechanisms in Neotropical snake radiations
Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2021 We mapped the distribution of two defensive behaviors (balling and head hiding) of Neotropical snakes to evaluate its distribution in distinct phylogenetic groups. Balling behavior was observed in 58 out of the 167 examined species across seven families.
Alexandro Marques Tozetti +6 more
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The Discovery of XY Sex Chromosomes in a \u3cem\u3eBoa\u3c/em\u3e and \u3cem\u3ePython\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
, 2017 For over 50 years, biologists have accepted that all extant snakes share the same ZW sex chromosomes derived from a common ancestor [1, 2, 3], with different species exhibiting sex chromosomes at varying stages of differentiation.
Banks, Jason L. +7 more
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Acta HerpetologicaThe diversity of genitalia has long intrigued evolutionary and functional morphology scientists, with a primary focus on male copulatory organs. Despite extensive studies on snake genitalia, particularly hemipenes, female copulatory organs remain ...
Kostadin Andonov +4 more
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Morphology and ecology of Balkan whip snake, Hierophis gemonensis (Laurenti, 1768) [PDF]
, 2014 Šara poljarica, Hierophis gemonensis, monotipska je vrsta zmije iz porodice guževa (lat. Colubridae). Naseljava suha kamenita staništa mediteranske klime od Slovenije, Hrvatske, BiH, Crne Gore, Albanije do zapadne i istočne Grčke, kao i mnoge otoke ...
Lisičar, Petra
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Cambio conceptual en estudiantes del departamento del Tolima frente al conocimiento biol?gico de serpientes, prevenci?n y primeros auxilios ante el accidente of?dico, a partir de una propuesta de educaci?n ambiental enfocada al aprendizaje basado en problemas [PDF]
, 2017 102 p. Recurso Electr?nicoLas serpientes son causantes de alrededor de tres millones de accidentes por mordeduras al a?o en el mundo. Desde el a?o 2004, la Organizaci?n Mundial de la Salud consider? esto como problem?tica de salud p?blica. En Colombia,
Cuy Montealegre, George Anderson +1 more
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A New Species of Psammotettix (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) from Mexico [PDF]
, 1973 Author Institution: Department of Entomology, The Ohio State UniversityPsammotettix mexcala n.
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Demonstration of Parthenogenetic Reproduction in a Pet Ball Python (Python regius) through Analysis of Early-Stage Embryos. [PDF]
Genes (Basel), 2023 Di Ianni F +8 more
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