As an apparent adaptation to predictably long episodes of fasting, the sit-and-wait foraging
Burmese python experiences unprecedented regulation of gastrointestinal and …

Comprehensive knowledge of ambush behavior requires an understanding of where a
predator expects prey to be, which is generally unknowable because ambush predators …

Abstract Background The establishment of Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) in
Everglades National Park, Florida, USA, has been connected to a> 90% decline in the …

Large pythons and boas comprise a group of animals whose anatomy and physiology are
very different from traditional mammalian, avian and other reptilian models typically used in …

Nine members of the Neotropical treeboa genus Corallus occur from Guatemala to south-
eastern Brazil and recent studies have provided an inconclusive picture about the …

Prey selection in many species is known to change ontogenetically, suggesting that
associated changes in trophic structure may also be important. Several studies have …

Studies of interactions between invasive and native species often focus on impacts on
natives. We report potential impacts of a native predator, the Lake Erie Watersnake (Nerodia …

Species of Sarcocystis use various vertebrates as intermediate or definitive hosts in their life
cycles. One of these is snakes, whose role as intermediate hosts for these protozoans is …

Death adders (genus Acanthophis) differ from most other elapid snakes, and resemble many
viperid snakes, in their thickset morphology and ambush foraging mode. Although these …

Despite outnumbering their temperate counterparts, tropical snake species have been
poorly studied. Yet, the few tropical species that have been studied show a variety of …