A giant on the ground: another large-bodied Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadinae) from Ecuadorian Andes, with comments on the dietary specializations of the goo-eaters snakes

A giant on the ground: another large-bodied Atractus (Serpentes: Dipsadinae) from Ecuadorian Andes, with comments on the dietary specializations of the goo-eaters snakes

ABSTRACT Body-size is significantly correlated with the number of vertebrae (pleomerism) in multiple vertebrate lineages, indicating that somitogenesis process is an important factor dictating evolutionary change associated to phyletic allometry and, consequently, species fitness and diversification...

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Main Authors: PAULO PASSOS, AGUSTÍN SCANFERLA, PAULO R. MELO-SAMPAIO, JORGE BRITO, ANA ALMENDARIZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2018-05-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
Atractus gigas
Atractus touzeti
dietary shift
goo-eater snakes
macrostomy
postnatal ontogeny
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