Juvenile Rhabdophis Tigrinus Snake in Defense Posture (IMAGE)

Utah State University

Juvenile Rhabdophis Tigrinus Snake in Defense Posture

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A juvenile Rhabdophis tigrinus 'keelback' snake from the Japanese island of Ishima, takes a defense posture. Utah State University herpetologist Alan Savitzky and colleagues document an evolutionary example of adaptation in the reptiles to compensate for the absence of defensive compounds following a shift to a new class of prey.

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Alan Savitzky

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