Of the three modern orders of amphibians, Anura (frogs and toads), Caudata (salamanders and newts), and Gymnophiona (caecilians, limbless amphibians that resemble snakes), there are sleep studies in specimens of the Anura and Caudata Orders (Figs. 3, 4 and 5). Sign in to download full-si...
The offending snakes are usually puff adders (Bitis arietans), cobras (Naja spp.) and mambas (Dendroaspis spp.). Night adder (Causus rhombeatus) bites in dogs have not yet been reported in South Africa. This article deals with three cases of dogs bitten by night adders in which extensive...
FRITILLARIA meleagris Checkered Lily, Snakes Head Fritillary FRITILLARIA pallidiflora Fritillary FRITILLARIA persica Fritillary FRITILLARIA pontica Fritillary FRITILLARIA pudica Yellow Fritillary FUCHSIA magellanica Fuchsia FUCHSIA procumbens Creeping Fuchsia GAILLARDIA aristata 'Amber Wheels' Blanket Flower GAILLARDI...
Given that these deep bodies of water are virtually unexplored, these creatures fill our archetypal human need to populate the Void- be it with surviving post-K-T plesiosaurs or mososaurs, ancient whales, giant eels, or snakes. Spurred on by masses of rotting flesh that occasionally wash ...
America was oneAnthony Johnson—ablackman. More specifically, Johnson was an Angolan who himself had been an indentured servant in the colony of Virginia before he became a tobacco planter himself. One of the African indentured servants who worked Johnson’s 300 acre plot of land was John Cas...
Sounds produced during defensive behaviour such as hissing and sniffing in lizards or bellowing in snakes were not considered to be intraspecific acoustic communication and, therefore, were not included. Although these behaviours might have a common origin to the sounds here considered acoustic communicat...
The Oriental Bay Owl is a small barn owl. It is found in Southeast Asia and parts of India. They are generally seen in woodlands, plantations and mangrove swamps. They feed on small rodents, snakes, frogs, lizards, bats, and insects. They also make a variety of calls apart from hoots,...
“This was just one of many evolutionary defenses – many primate groups appear to also have developed excellent eyesight, which is thought to have aided them in detecting and defending themselves against venomous snakes. “But Madagascan Lemurs and Central and South American ...
A variety of predators were believed to be responsible including aquatic birds such as herons (Ardeidae), caymen (Caiman crocody- lus), and possibly snakes. Other sources of nest loss were: flooding (N = 6) and nest desertion (N = 18). Several nest desertions occurred...
The Kunitz domain was thought to have evolved over 500 million years ago [38] and is now ubiquitous in mammals, reptiles, birds, plants, insects, nematodes, venoms from snakes, spiders, cone snails and sea ane- mones and in viruses and bacteria [39-42]. The arche- typal protein of the...