Variation in pupil diameter in North American Gartersnakes (Thamnophis) is regulated by immersion in water, not by light intensity

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1663-1669

  Fontenot Jr , Clifford L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Aperture; Aquatic; Light; Pupil; Snake; Thamnophis; Vision; Water

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CILIARY MUSCLE; GARTERSNAKE; LENS; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; REFRACTION INDEX; RETINA IMAGE; SNAKE; SPHINCTER PUPILLAE MUSCLE; VISION; WATER IMMERSION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; IMMERSION; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 45549095443     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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