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Habitat Use and Spatial Patterns of a Cottonmouth Snake (Agkistrodon Piscivorus Leucostoma) Population and Thermoregulation of Male Cottonmouth Snakes in Southwestern Missouri
… patterns, habitat use and thermoregulation of cottonmouths in southwestern Missouri. There were significant differences in home range size between males, non-gravid females and gravid females in all home range area estimates, except core use area (50% Kernel home range area estimates), with …
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Morphology and Cranial Kinesis of the Jaw Apparatus in the Cottonmouth Snake, Agkistrodon Piscivorus
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Behavioral and Physiological Evidence for Musk Gland Secretions as a Chemical Alarm Cue in the Cottonmouth, Agkistrodon Piscivorus
… secretions function as an alarm signal in the cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus), using behavioral and physiological response variables. In a repeated-measures experiment snakes were exposed to solutions of musk gland secretions, integumentary chemicals from conspecifics, and distilled water …
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Comparative Phylogenetic Analysis in Populations of the Western Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon Piscivorus Leucostoma) Distributed in Three North American Drainage Basins
The western cottonmouth is distributed in three major North American drainage basins. Using a molecular phylogenetic analysis, Knights et al. (1992) observed that western cottonmouths were highly divergent from both eastern and Florida cottonmouths yet the degree of divergence among populations of …
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Variation in Defensive Behaviors of the Western Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon Piscivorus) as a Result of Temperature, Size, and Reproductive Condition
… state. In response to human antagonists, the cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) exhibits a flight response followed by a range of defensive displays which increase with the level of predatory threat. I utilized field and laboratory trials using a three-stage simulated predatory sequence …
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Habituation, Scent-Trailing, and Effects of Temperature Upon the Strike-Induced Chemosensory Searching (SICS) in the Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon Piscivorus)
… temperature variation on SICS in the cottonmouth was tested using feeding trials at 14-16°;C, 20-22°;C, and 28-30°;C. At warmer temperatures cottonmouths relocated struck prey sooner, swallowed prey sooner, and tended to release prey more often than snakes at lower body temperatures. …
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Ecology of the Eastern Cottonmouth (<i>Agkistrodon p. piscivorus</i>) at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge: A Comparative Study of Natural and Anthropogenic Marsh Habitats
… used to investigate populations of the eastern cottonmouth, <em>Agkistrodon p. piscivorus</em>, in both natural and anthropogenic marsh habitats at Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge (BBNWR), Virginia Beach, Virginia from autumn 1995 to late spring 1998. Mark-recapture subjects were captured, …
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Behavioral Responses By Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon Piscivorus) To Chemical And Visual Predator Cues
… but visual cues may elicit defensive responses. Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus) exhibit an array of antipredatory behaviors that have been thoroughly characterized in response to human aggressors, but their responses to cues from other predators are poorly known. I conducted three …
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Effects of Temperature on Foraging, Endurance, and Sprint Speed in Agkistrodon Piscivorus and Nerodia Sipedon
… the Northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon) and Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus). Dietary data for both species from a cold Ozarks stream habitat revealed that A. piscivorus does not consume aquatic prey at this site while N. sipedon is primarily piscivorous. I examined foraging success at …