Why do snakes have eyes? The (non-)effect of blindness in island tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 267-272

  Bonnet, Xavier ^a,b,c   Bradshaw, Don ^b   Shine, Richard ^c   Pearson, David ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Wildlife Research Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blindness; Foraging; Natural experiment; Snake; Venom; Vision

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; BODY CONDITION; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA;

LARUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS;

EID: 0032836918     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050619     Document Type: Article

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