Pretending to be venomous: Is a snake's head shape a trustworthy signal to a predator?

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 437-439

  Guimarães, Murilo ^a   Sawaya, Ricardo J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; defence; head triangulation; mimicry; morphology; plasticine replicas; predation; snakes

Indexed keywords

MIMICRY; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION; SHAPE; SIGNAL; SNAKE; VENOM;

SERPENTES;

EID: 79959274618     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467411000095     Document Type: Article

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