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Divergent Paths, Convergent Heads: Morphological Adaptation of Head Shape to Habitat Use and Diet in Snakes

Journal of Morphology, Volume 286, Issue 11, November 2025.
Snake head shape is weakly constrained by phylogeny but strongly influenced by ecology. Significant convergence was detected in fossorial and aquatic snakes, while diet mainly drove morphological variation without convergence. ABSTRACT Morphological convergence—where distantly related species evolve similar traits in response to shared ecological ...
David Hudry, Anthony Herrel
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Surface Topography and Ultrastructure of the Spectacular Cells in the Eyes of Land and Sea Snakes (Squamata, Reptilia): Functional Adaptations of Micro‐Ornamentation

Journal of Morphology, Volume 286, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Although the surface micro‐ornamentation of the scales within the skin of snakes has been the subject of many previous studies, there has been little work done on the spectacle, a protective (keratinised) goggle separated from the underlying cornea by a sub‐spectacular space. The surface ultrastructure of the “Oberhäutchen” of the spectacle is
H. Barry Collin, Myoung Hoon Ha, Alizee Wagner, Megan Folwell, Nathan Dunstan, Jenna Crowe‐Riddell, Shaun P. Collin   +6 more
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Trophic Ecology of the Cuban Boa, Chilabothrus angulifer (Boidae)

Reptiles & Amphibians, 2020
The Cuban Boa (Chilabothrus angulifer) is a top terrestrial predator in Cuba. References to prey species consumed by this boa date to when the first Europeans arrived in the region more than 500 years ago. However, long-term studies on its trophic ecology do not exist.
Tomás M. Rodríguez-Cabrera, Ernesto Morell Savall, Sheila Rodríguez-Machado, Javier Torres   +3 more
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Mandibular osteosynthesis in a Boa constrictor snake

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2014
Nowadays are observed an increase in the finding of certain wild animals in urban areas, due to environmental changes caused by deforestation and economic use of natural areas.
Jorge Luiz Costa Castro , Sérgio Santalucia, José Ricardo Pachaly , José Ademar Villanova Junior , Verônica Souza Paiva Castro , Daniel Almeida Balthazar , Alex Lucas Spadetti , Wilker Nazareth Souza, Luiz Paulo Luzes Fedullo , Alceu Gaspar Raiser   +9 more
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The snake fauna of Ilam Province, southwestern Iran [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2010
Ilam Province in southwest Iran possesses varied climatic and geographical conditions leading to rich biodiversity. An investigating of the status of snakes in the province was carried out from June 2005 to March 2010.
B. Fathnia, N. Rastegar Pouyani, h. Darvishnia, M. Rajabzadeh   +3 more
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Effect of Soil Properties on Species Richness of Fossorial Squamate Reptiles

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 6, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Species richness varies greatly over geographic gradients. Climate and other above‐ground attributes are the most common variables used to explain animal richness patterns. However, soil properties may play an important role in shaping the richness of species living underground.
Donghe Chen, Uri Roll, Shai Meiri
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Biogeographic Implications of Biodiversity Shortfalls in a Mid‐Altitude Desert Ecotone of the Arabian Peninsula

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 3, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Macroscale biodiversity inferences are critical for spatial conservation planning, yet they are affected by the limitations of global datasets and the paucity of genetic data. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive sampling campaign and explored how biodiversity shortfalls impact spatial diversity metrics across a mid‐altitude desert ...
André Vicente Liz, Fulvio Licata, Bárbara Santos, Duarte Vasconcelos Gonçalves, Margareta Lakušić, Myrto Roumelioti, Nina Serén, Pedro Tarroso, Ayman Abdulkareem, Patkó László, José Carlos Brito   +10 more
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Chemosensory age discrimination in the snake Boa constrictor (Serpentes: Boidae)

Revista de biologia tropical, 2012
الكثير من الثعابين ابن القدرات دي usar su sistema quimiosensorial para detectar el olor de individuos coespecíficos, lo que es importante en muchos contextos sociales. La discriminación de la edad basada en señales químicas puede ser especialmente importante para asegurar el acceso a parejas potenciales que sean sexualmente maduras. في حالة الدراسة، 24
Marianne Gabirot, Pablo Picerno, Jorge H. Valencia, Pílar López, José Martı́n   +4 more
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Squamata reptiles of a fragment of tropical dry forest in northwestern Venezuela (Lake Maracaibo region) [PDF]

Check List, 2012
We present a commented taxonomic list of the reptiles found during herpetological surveys carried out in an isolated fragment of tropical dry forest located in the municipality of San Francisco, Zulia state, northwestern Venezuela between January ...
Junior Larreal, Gilson Rivas, Carlos Portillo-Quintero, Tito Barros   +3 more
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Unraveling Biogeographic Boundaries Within the Sierra Madre Oriental, México: An Endemicity Analysis Using a Taxonomically Diverse Dataset

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.
We provide boundaries of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico through a multi‐taxa endemicity analysis. ABSTRACT The Sierra Madre Oriental (SMO) is a significant mountain range and one of Mexico's 14 biogeographical provinces. Its delimitation has been debated.
Irene Goyenechea Mayer‐Goyenechea, Gustavo Montiel‐Canales, Juan Márquez, Claudia T. Hornung‐Leoni, Jesús M. Castillo‐Cerón, Norma L. Manríquez‐Morán   +5 more
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