| disseminated osseous metaplasia of the ventral scales of a gray-banded kingsnake ( lampropeltis alterna). | a 22-yr-old, female gray-banded kingsnake ( lampropeltis alterna) was examined for stomatitis and hard ventral scales. on examination, the ventral scales palpated as rigid and brittle. a blood sample yielded marked hypovitaminosis d (11 nmol/l). radiographs revealed a generalized bone radiopacity outlining the ventral scales; scale biopsies were obtained for histologic examination and presented linear, superficial, and midzonal foci of well-differentiated dermal bone and bone marrow. the stomati ... | 2018 | 30592934 |
| exploring chihuahuan desert diversification in the gray-banded kingsnake, lampropeltis alterna (serpentes: colubridae). | within many biomes, the cause of phylogeographic structure remains unknown even across regions throughout north america, including within the biodiverse chihuahuan desert. for example, little is known about population structure or the timing of diversification of chihuahuan endemics. this is due largely to the lack of population genomic studies within this region. we generated ultra-conserved element data for the gray-banded kingsnake (lampropeltis alterna) to investigate lineage divergence and ... | 2019 | 30389598 |