Ecological Archives E088-021-A3

Lígia Pizzatto, Selma M. Almeida-Santos, and Richard Shine. 2007. Life-history adaptations to arboreality in snakes. Ecology 88:359–366.

Appendix C. A figure showing late-stage embryos within a gravid terrestrial boid snake and early-stage embryos within a gravid arboreal boid snake.

 
   FIG. C1. Upper: Late-stage embryos within a gravid terrestrial boid snake (Candoia carinata; Australian Museum # R137248), showing the linear arrangement of embryos and the overlap between left-hand-side and right-hand-side oviducts, with consequent distension of the maternal body. Lower: Early-stage embryos within a gravid arboreal boid snake (Corallus hortulanus; Instituto Butantan # IB44231), showing the linear arrangement of embryos and the very small overlap between left-hand-side and right-hand-side oviducts, with consequent small distension of the maternal body.


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