Head triangulation as anti-predatory mechanism in snakes;Triangulação da cabeça como mecanismo anti-predação em serpentes

Biota Neotropica

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-318

  Dell'Aglio, Denise Dalbosco ^a   Toma, Tiago Shizen Pacheco ^a   Muelbert, Adriane Esquivel ^a   Sacco, Anne Gomes ^a   Tozetti, Alexandro Marques ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial models; Defensive behavior; Mimicry; Predation rate; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873978813     PISSN: 16786424     EISSN: 16760611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1676-06032012000300031     Document Type: Article

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