Abstract
Two species of snakes of the genus Trimeresurus, Trimeresurus flavoviridis and Trimeresurus okinavensis, inhabit Amami Oshima Island in the Loo-Choo Islands. These are the common terrestrial venomous snakes on Amami Oshima Island. There is a ring structure on the centra of vertebrae in these snakes. I tried to confirm by in vivo staining that rings on centra were formed annually. Then, age and life-span was estimated by Walford's graphic method. It appears that the age of these snakes can be estimated by adding total ring number +1. The life-span of
Full Text 
Sign-in/Register to access full text options
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Published version (
Free)
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
