REPRODUCTION IN THE MEXICAN VINE SNAKE OXYBELIS-AENEUS (SERPENTES, COLUBRIDAE)

Authors
GOLDBERG SR
Citation
Sr. Goldberg, REPRODUCTION IN THE MEXICAN VINE SNAKE OXYBELIS-AENEUS (SERPENTES, COLUBRIDAE), The Texas journal of science, 50(1), 1998, pp. 51-56
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
The Texas journal of science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404403
Volume
50
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
51 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4403(1998)50:1<51:RITMVS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Reproductive tissue was examined in 40 museum specimens of Oxybelis ae neus from Arizona and the Mexican states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima, Oaxaca and Chiapas. The results of this examination s upport the premise that this species of vine snake exhibits a reproduc tive cycle with sperm formation occurring in the spring and that clutc h sizes for this species may be as large as eight.