To effectively ambush prey, sit‐and‐wait predators must locate sites where profitable prey
are likely to return. One means by which predators evaluate potential ambush sites is by …

A free-ranging specimen of Crotalus durissus unicolor on Aruba Island was observed after
striking rodent prey (Calomys hummelincki) and after no-strike presentations. Strike-induced …

Tongue-flicking is a sensory-gathering behavior used by snakes to deliver odorants to the
vomeronasal organ. In the present study we provide a detailed description of environmental …

Mouth gaping by rattlesnakes has been observed primarily during feeding sequences and
interpreted as functioning to stretch the jaw in preparation for swallowing prey. However …

Prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis) exhibited higher rates of tongue flicking after striking
and envenomating a mouse than after seeing, smelling, or detecting the warmth of a mouse …

Abstract and Summary It has been hypothesized, though tested only indirectly, that striking
and envenomation of rodent prey by rattlesnakes is guided by thermal and visual senses …

Viperid snakes strike, envenomate, and release mammalian prey to prevent being harmed
by the prey; snakes must then track prey in the process of strike-induced chemosensory …

Abstract Six northern Pacific rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis oreganus) rescued from
substandard husbandry conditions were shipped from Woodland Park Zoological Gardens …

The unisexual teiid lizard Aspidoscelis dixoni Scudday 1973 is shown experimentally to be
capable of detecting and responding to chemosensory stimuli from three species of naturally …

Snakes often have specialized diets that undergo a shift from one prey type to another
depending on the life stage of the snake. Crotalus viridis viridis (prairie rattlesnake) takes …