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Preferential Neuronal Responses to Snakes in the Monkey Medial Prefrontal Cortex Support an Evolutionary Origin for Ophidiophobia

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021
Ophidiophobia (snake phobia) is one of the most common specific phobias. It has been proposed that specific phobia may have an evolutionary origin, and that attentional bias to specific items may promote the onset of phobia.
Ha Trong Dinh, Ha Trong Dinh, Hiroshi Nishimaru, Hiroshi Nishimaru, Quan Van Le, Jumpei Matsumoto, Jumpei Matsumoto, Tsuyoshi Setogawa, Tsuyoshi Setogawa, Rafael S. Maior, Carlos Tomaz, Taketoshi Ono, Hisao Nishijo, Hisao Nishijo   +13 more
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Ultrasonographic characterization of the organs in the middle third and caudal coelomic cavity of snakes in the Boidae Family [PDF]

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2021
: The aim of this study was the ultrasonographic evaluation of the organs in the middle third and caudal coelomic cavity of healthy snakes in the Boidae family.
Nathana B. Martins, Lucas A.R. Ferreira, Nataly N.R. Pinto, Christina S. Mendonça, Liria Q.L. Hirano, André Santos A.L.Q, Vanessa M.F. Milken   +6 more
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A long-term study of a snake community in north-western Tuscany (central Italy): population structure and density patterns [PDF]

Herpetozoa, 2019
We analysed a snake species community of a Mediterranean 0.2 ha ecotonal area during a 21 year time span, monitoring two colubrid and one viperid snake species.
Federico Storniolo, Sacha Menichelli, Marco A.L. Zuffi   +2 more
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New locality records of the Stout Sand Snake Psammophis longifrons Boulenger, 1890 (Reptilia: Squamata: Lamprophiidae) in Telangana, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
The Stout Sand Snake Psammophis longifrons Boulenger, 1890 is reported herein based on two live specimens, rescued from Boduppal & Hayathnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, southern India.  This documentation is the first record from the state of Telangana.
Avinash C Visvanathan, Sandeep Anne, Aditya Kesav Kolli   +2 more
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Serological Variety and Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella Isolated from Reptiles

Biology, 2022
Salmonella enterica is one of the best adapted bacterial pathogens causing infections in a wide variety of vertebrate species. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of Salmonella in different reptile species and to evaluate their ...
Lina Merkevičienė, Česlova Butrimaitė-Ambrozevičienė, Gerardas Paškevičius, Alma Pikūnienė, Marius Virgailis, Jurgita Dailidavičienė, Agila Daukšienė, Rita Šiugždinienė, Modestas Ruzauskas   +8 more
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Pliny the Elder and Nicholas of Poland on Snake Products and Their Medical Applications

Clotho, 2023
The paper aims to show how Pliny the Elder, in his Historia Naturalis, and Nicholas of Poland, in Experimenta, the medical treatise attributed to him, presented and described ways of preparing snakes for medi­cal purposes.
Adriana Grzelak-Krzymianowska
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Apostolepis multicincta Harvey 1999 (Squamata, Dipsadidae) in Argentina [PDF]

Check List, 2017
Apostolepis multicincta, a fossorial snake known only from Bolivia, is recorded in Argentina, extending its known range 450 km south of the previous closest record.
Freddy Burgos Gallardo, Jorge L. Baldo, Américo Vilte, Gustavo Scrocchi   +3 more
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Analyses of Skin Secretions of Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Serpentes), with Focus on the Complex Compounds and Their Possible Role in the Chemical Communication

Molecules, 2020
Snakes rely heavily on chemical cues when foraging, searching for mates, etc. Snakes’ sex attractiveness pheromones comprise mainly heavy, semi-volatile compounds such as ketones.
Kostadin Andonov, Angel Dyugmedzhiev, Simeon Lukanov, Miroslav Slavchev, Emiliya Vacheva, Nikola Stanchev, Georgi Popgeorgiev, Deyan Duhalov, Yurii V. Kornilev, Daniela Nedeltcheva-Antonova, Borislav Naumov   +10 more
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INVENTARISASI JENIS – JENIS ULAR YANG DITEMUKAN DI SEKITAR PANTAI MERTA SARI DAN PADANG GALAK

Simbiosis: Journal of Biological Sciences, 2017
Sea snakes have a strong venom and when they bite can be fatal for humans, whereas snakes found in mangrove areas are weak venomous snakes and non-venomous snakes (McKay, 2006).
I Gusti Putu Ayunda Pratiska, Ida Bagus Made Suaskara, Joko Wiryatno, I Gede Agus Pradana Putra   +3 more
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The Road to Redemption: Killing Snakes in Medieval Chinese Buddhism

Religions, 2019
In the medieval Chinese context, snakes and tigers were viewed as two dominant, threatening animals in swamps and mountains. The animal-human confrontation increased with the expansion of human communities to the wilderness.
Huaiyu Chen
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