Publications
| the influence of thermal biology on road mortality risk in snakes. | road mortality is a significant threat to terrestrial vertebrates in many areas, and the novel thermal environment of black-topped roads may represent ecological traps for some species and demographic groups. we investigated the relationship between ambient temperature and on-road detection in a snake assemblage in southeastern louisiana by comparing observations of live snakes on a black-topped road, across measurements of air temperature and road temperature on survey days. analyses indicated ... | 2016 | 26857975 |
| permeability and channel structure of reptilian skin. | a study of the permeability of shed epidermis from some terrestrial and freshwater snakes was conducted. permeability to br, na, and k ions was very low and showed a higher influx than efflux in most cases. permeability to the smaller water molecule was much greater, and in contrast efflux was higher than influx. skins from aquatic snakes with larger water permeabilities also showed greater permeabilities to na and k. the highly aquatic regina septemvittata has the most permeable skin of any sna ... | 1982 | 6283901 |