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Oral microbiota of Brazilian captive snakes

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2009
The present work aimed to determine the oral microbiotic composition of snakes from São José do Rio Preto city, São Paulo State, Brazil. Ten snake species, comprising the families Boidae, Colubridae, Elapidae and Viperidae, were submitted to ...
MG Fonseca, WMQ Moreira, KC Cunha, ACMG Ribeiro, MTG Almeida   +4 more
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Threat level and sound production mode modulate acoustic warnings and defensive biting in snakes

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Accurately assessing predation risk is important because it enables prey to match their defensive behaviours to the level of threat and avoid unnecessary investment in costly responses.
Nicolas Van Zele, Simon Baeckens, Matéo Millet, Elsa Daniaud, Rémi Ksas, Marc Jaeger, Olivier Calvez, Thierry Lengagne, Olivier Lourdais   +8 more
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Coagulating Colubrids: Evolutionary, Pathophysiological and Biodiscovery Implications of Venom Variations between Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) and Twig Snake (Thelotornis mossambicanus)

Toxins, 2017
Venoms can deleteriously affect any physiological system reachable by the bloodstream, including directly interfering with the coagulation cascade. Such coagulopathic toxins may be anticoagulants or procoagulants.
Jordan Debono, James Dobson, Nicholas R. Casewell, Anthony Romilio, Bin Li, Nyoman Kurniawan, Karine Mardon, Vera Weisbecker, Amanda Nouwens, Hang Fai Kwok, Bryan G. Fry   +10 more
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A new species of Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Southeast Asia

, 2007
Vogel, Gernot, Rooijen, Johan Van (2007): A new species of Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Southeast Asia.
Vogel, Gernot, Vogel, Gernot (5240599), Rooijen, Johan Van, Rooijen, Johan Van (5241100)   +3 more
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Contextually conspicuous species are more likely to be venomous: Habitat‐dependent aposematic colouration found throughout snakes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Conspicuous colouration signals venomous nature throughout snakes. Abstract Many animals use conspicuous colours to advertise their unprofitability to potential predators, a phenomenon known as aposematism. For example, conspicuous banded patterns in snakes are often highlighted as aposematic signalling of their venomous nature.
Amy Duclaux, Michel Dugon, Kevin Healy
wiley   +1 more source

Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Lung Evolution in Extant Squamata

Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.
The Squamata group exhibits remarkable diversity in lung structure. However, a comprehensive understanding of how this variation evolved within the clade is still lacking. To reconstruct the evolutionary history of lungs of living squamates, we conducted comparative phylogenetic analyses using categorized lung traits, such as lung type, respiratory ...
Barbara de Godoi Champini, Ray Brasil Bueno de Souza, Wilfried Klein   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Next-generation sequencing of the mitochondrial genome of Oligodon chinensis (Squamata: Colubridae) with a pylogenetic analysis of Colubridae

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
The Chinese kukri snake Oligodon chinensis belongs to family Colubridae and is distributed in southern China and North Vietnam. In this study, the total mitochondrial genome of O. chinensis was determined using next-generation sequencing.
Zhiyong Sun, Zhengyan Zhou, Feiyun Tu, Ying Qin, Liu Peng, Xiaofeng Huang, Jianzhang Ma   +6 more
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Through the Sands of Time: Evolutionary History and Systematics of the Awl‐Headed Snakes (Colubridae: Lytorhynchus) in the Saharo‐Sindian Region

Zoologica Scripta, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The psammophilous colubrid genus Lytorhynchus is widely distributed in the deserts of the Saharo‐Sindian region and adjacent areas. The taxonomy of the genus and the number of recognised species have remained unstable since the last taxonomic revision in 1970, with differing views on the taxonomic status of L. gaddi and L. kennedyi.
Lukáš Pola, Daniel Jablonski, Rafaqat Masroor, Bassam Abu Afifeh, Roberta Graboski, Mohammad Abu Baker, Zuhair S. Amr, Ahmed Mohajja AlShammari, Avrajjal Ghosh, Salvador Carranza, Jiří Šmíd   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the identity of Chironius flavolineatus (Serpentes: Colubridae)

, 2014
Hamdan, Breno, Scali, Stefano, Fernandes, Daniel Silva (2014): On the identity of Chironius flavolineatus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 3794 (1): 134-142, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3794.1.
Scali, Stefano, Fernandes, Daniel Silva, Hamdan, Breno   +2 more
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The taxonomic status of Tantilla marcovani Lema 2004 (Squamata: Colubridae)

, 2016
Mata-Silva, Vicente, Wilson, Larry David (2016): The taxonomic status of Tantilla marcovani Lema 2004 (Squamata: Colubridae). Zootaxa 4092 (3): 421-425, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.
Wilson, Larry David, Mata-Silva, Vicente
core   +1 more source