Year-end Sale % OFF 
Abstract
ful?of living reptiles. More than 3000 forms of snakes have become specialized for marine, freshwater aquatic, terrestrial, arboreal, and fossorial modes of life, enabling them to invade all continents (but Antarctica) and many oceans. Most popular atten? tion has traditionally been directed to as? pects of the ophidian feeding mechanism, particularly to the use of venom and to the ability to ingest spectacularly large prey. Recently there has been a revival of in? terest in snake feeding, as indicated by a series of studies attempting to correlate morphological and behavioral observations (cf. Gans, 1952; Dullemeijer, 1956, 1959; Kochva, 1958; Frazzetta, 1959; Albright and Nelson, 1959, 1959a). These studies were based to a considerable extent upon the pioneer analyses of snake head muscles car? ried out by Haas (1929, 1930, 1930a, 1930b, 1931, 1931a, 1932, 1934, 1952, and 1955) and also by Anthony and Serra (1950, 1951) us? ing a modification of the nomenclature established by Lakjer (1926). Although these authors proceeded from different viewpoints and used divers nomenclatures for morphological and func-
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 callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
