Phylogenetic IdentificationNorth AmericanRatsnakes (Pantherophis)North American ratsnakes are found throughout the eastern United States in a variety of habitats, including forests, mountains, and open fields. They prefer to live at the edges of structurally diverse habitats due to thermoregulatory ...
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and the testing of species boundaries. In this paper, we conduct these two steps using a group of North American snakes called coachwhips and whipsnakes (GenusMasticophis)
North America is home to more than 30 species and subspecies of venomous snakes (Table 1). These fall within two snake families: the Viperidae and Elapidae. The majority of human envenomations occurring in the United States (US) result from bites by members of the subfamily of Viperids known...
There is a potential risk that the native Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) may eventually be competitively excluded by the invasive North American beaver (C. canadensis) from areas where they overlap in Eurasia. Yet currently available methods of census and population estimates are costly and time-...
Identification The brown-headed cowbird is a small passerine with a compact body, short tail, and a thick, conical bill. It measures between 16 and 22 centimeters (6.3-8.7 inches) in length and has an average wingspan of around 36 centimeters (14.2 inches). The species weighs between 30 ...
North American ancient civilizations In the Inuit society, death had a period of mourning, which expelled the ghost from the place of death. The dead was bound up and covered, and was never taken out through the door, so that the ghost would not know how to return. The body was even...
Fossil North American “Erycinae” The subtropical and temperate latitudes of North America – i.e., the latitudes from which nearly all fossil snakes are known – harbor two extant erycine species, the Rosy Boa Lichanura trivirgata and the Rubber Boa Charina bottae (see Hoffstetter and Rage...
Water snakes are common. Beavers are common in tributary creeks near their confluence with the main river channel, and beaver cuttings are commonly seen along the main stem as well. Great blue herons (sometimes in large numbers), green herons, and little blue herons occur along the river. ...
…only there is an odd twist to it. I still think of the American Southwest as my home. It’s where I want to go whenever I get a chance to get out. Barrow is pretty isolated. Much as I love the place, I love it a bit more when I come back to it. I think most folks who...