Semen collection and evaluation in free-ranging Brazilian rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus terrificus)
Abstract 10.1002/zoo.20126.abs Two hundred-ninety species of reptiles are estimated to need urgent action for conservation, with at least 113 threatened species worldwide. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species includes 80 species of snakes, with six native Brazilian species, a number likely to be an underestimation. […]
Scale variation in a laboratory colony of amelanistic diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox)
Abstract 10.1002/zoo.1430130202.abs Inbreeding for 6 generations has produced a strain of amelanistic western diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox) with extremely variable scalation. Forty-four siblings varying from virtually no body scalation to normal scalation have been produced in the latest generation. Two of the 3 most extreme “scaleless” snakes were stillborn; the third was maintained for > […]