Conspicuous colours reduce predation rates in fossorial uropeltid snakes

Uropeltid snakes (Family Uropeltidae) are non-venomous, fossorial snakes that are found above ground occasionally, during which time they are exposed to predation. Many species are brightly coloured, mostly on the ventral surface, but these colours are expected to have no function below the ground....

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Autores principales: Cyriac, Vivek Philip, Kodandaramaiah, Ullasa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2019
Materias:
Animal Behavior
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31428543
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7508

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6698130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31428543
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7508

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