by Whiting | Sep 25, 2015 | Lab news, Publications, Small-eyed snake
While there are snakes that have been shown to be territorial in an ecological context, such as Taiwanese kukrisnakes which defend sea turtle nests (citation below), territoriality in a sexual selection context has never been demonstrated in a snake. Until now. Jonno...
by Whiting | Jul 21, 2013 | Animal signals, Behaviour, Small-eyed snake, Social behaviour
Snakes have traditionally been viewed as the poor cousins of lizards where social behaviour is concerned. This is perhaps an artefact of generally being more cryptic and less tractable than lizards and therefore more difficult to study. Nevertheless, snakes are...
