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Uncover the Secret Lives of Snakes. Live streaming cameras look at rattlesnakes.
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If you haven’t found this website yet, it’s now time to explore it with your friends and family. Dr Emily Taylor,Professor, California Polytechnic State University. Scott Boback, Associate Professor of Biology at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Owen Bachhuber, Graduate Student, California Polytechnic State University. And, Max Roberts, a Graduate Student at California Polytechnic State…
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Road mortality in snakes and its impact.
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Snakes are significant predators in many ecosystems, but high rates of road mortality threaten to diminish their ecological contributions. Documenting species-specific and demographic patterns of road use is crucial for understanding potential impacts, which can inform the implementation of mitigation measures. I investigated the road ecology of a snake community in the Chihuahuan Desert of…
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Ontogenetic shift in the venom composition of the Mexican Black-tailed Rattlesnake
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We detected clear ontogenetic venom variation in C. m. nigrescens. Venoms from younger snakes contained more crotamine-like myotoxins and snake venom serine proteinases than venoms from older snakes…
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Social Western Diamondbacks
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Social behavior in snakes is under-studied and, as a result, poorly known. Using social network analysis, Tetzlaff et al. (2023) examined social behavior in the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox, from 2001 to 2015. They used behavioral observations via radiotelemetry and genotypic data from a long-term (>10 years) study of the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.
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The Kingsnake and the Rattlesnake – predator and prey
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The feeding behavior of kingsnakes preying on rattlesnakes is a well-known example of a predator-prey relationship among snakes. Recently, my neighbor drew my attention to what he believed to be a snake coiled up near a sidewalk. Upon closer examination, I discovered that there were two snakes present. One was a typically patterned Green Valley…
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