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| França,Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues; Braz,Vívian da Silva; Araújo,Alexandre Fernandes Bamberg de. |
| Abstract Mimicry is an excellent example of how natural selection can act on color, morphology, and behavior of species. Herein we assess predation rates on coral snake mimics in Central Brazil, a region with many mimics but only a single model, to answer the following questions: (i) Do predators avoid attacking coral snake mimics? (ii) Does the degree to which mimics resemble their venomous model affect the frequency of predator attacks? (iii) Do predators attack different body regions in mimics with different color patterns? Our experiment was conducted in the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, in the municipality of Alto Paraíso de Goiás, state of Goiás, Brazil. To evaluate predation rates on the different mimic patterns, we made 2,400 clay snake... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mimicry; Coral snake; Central Brazil; Predation. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032017000300206 |
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| Strauch,Marcelo Abrahão; Souza,Guilherme Jones; Pereira,Jordana Nahar; Ramos,Tyelli dos Santos; Cesar,Marcelo Oliveira; Tomaz,Marcelo Amorim; Monteiro-Machado,Marcos; Patrão-Neto,Fernando Chagas; Melo,Paulo A.. |
| Abstract Background Bites provoked by the genus Micrurus represent less than 1% of snakebite cases notified in Brazil, a tiny fraction compared with other genus such as Bothrops and Crotalus, which together represent almost 80% of accidents. In addition to their less aggressive behavior, habits and morphology of coral snakes are determinant factors for such low incidence of accidents. Although Micrurus bites are rare, victims must be rescued and hospitalized in a short period of time, because this type of envenoming may evolve to a progressive muscle weakness and acute respiratory failure. Case Presentation We report an accident caused by Micrurus corallinus involving a 28-year-old Caucasian sailor man bitten on the hand. The accident occurred in a... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Coral snake; Envenoming; Micrurus spp.; Snakebites; Ophidism. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992018000100501 |
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