Experimental evidence that oral secretions of northwestern ring-necked snakes (Diadophis punctatus occidentalis) are toxic to their prey

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 810-815

  O'Donnell, Ryan P ^a   Staniland, Kevin ^b   Mason, Robert T ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diadophis punctatus; Northwestern garter snake; Prey; Ring necked snake; Thamnophis ordinoides; Venom

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIADOPHIS PUNCTATUS; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHTING REFLEX; SNAKE; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUBRIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LONGEVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REFLEX; SNAKE VENOMS;

DIADOPHIS; DIADOPHIS PUNCTATUS; DIADOPHIS PUNCTATUS OCCIDENTALIS; ELAPIDAE; THAMNOPHIS ORDINOIDES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 34648852319     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.06.024     Document Type: Article

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