Functional plasticity of the venom delivery system in snakes with a focus on the poststrike prey release behavior

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 249-267

  Deufel, Alexandra ^a   Cundall, David ^b  

^a MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colubroidea; Functional plasticity; Morphology; Prey capture; Snakes

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOBILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SELECTION; SNAKE; TOOTH;

ATRACTASPIDIDAE; ATRACTASPIS; COLUBRIDAE; COLUBROIDEA; ELAPIDAE; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 33750617795     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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