Venoms are integrated phenotypes that evolved independently in, and are used for
predatory and defensive purposes by, a wide phylogenetic range of organisms. The same …

Unconscious biological mimicry, hereafter" biological mimicry" or more often" mimicry," may
exist at the molecular or the organismic level. Organismic mimicry may in turn exist at the …

This textbook provides a general overview of animal behavior in an evolutionary context.
Some of the topics covered in the chapters include the proximate and ultimate causes of bird …

The Neotropical pitviper genus Bothrops (lanceheads) occurs from Mexico to Argentina.
Data on feeding habits of 22 species indicate that most are (1) diet generalists, and (2) show …

Seventy-six species of snakes and 2 species of amphisbaenians are reported to display the
tail so that it becomes unusually conspicuous. This behavior is ordinarily a response to …

We report the comparative proteomic characterization of the venoms of two related
neotropical arboreal pitvipers from Costa Rica of the genus Bothriechis, B. lateralis (side …

Deals with all aspects of adaptive resemblance Full colour Covers everything from classic
examples of Batesian, Mullerian, aggressive and sexual mimicries through to human …

Bothriechis is a genus of eleven currently recognized slender and arboreal venomous
snakes, commonly called palm-pitvipers that range from southern Mexico to northern South …

Cerastes vipera buries in the sand leaving only its snout and eyes above the surface. Upon
the approach of a lizard, it protrudes its distinctively marked tail above the surface and …

Crotalines (pitvipers) in the Americas are distributed from southern Canada to southern
Argentina, and are represented by 13 genera and 163 species that constitute a …