Bushmasters are massive vipers that remain somewhat of a mystery. This episode we look at a paper investigating their spatial ecology and habitat preferences.
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Main Paper References:
Padrón DF, Mebert K, Pareja-Mejía D, Bauer A, Fernandes Vasconcelos LD, Correia D, Fernandez Giné GA, Solé M. 2022. Living in a mosaic of Brazilian Atlantic Forest and plantations: spatial ecology of five bushmaster Lachesis muta (Viperidae Crotalinae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution:1–21. DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2022.2123860.
Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:
Guedes P, Alves-Martins F, Arribas JM, Chatterjee S, Santos AMC, Lewin A, Bako L, Webala PW, Correia RA, Rocha R, Ladle RJ. 2023. Eponyms have no place in 21st-century biological nomenclature. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02022-y.
Quah ESH, Grismer LL, Anuar MSS. 2023. Observations and description of a rare escape mechanism in a snake: Cartwheeling in Pseudorabdion longiceps (Cantor, 1847) (Squamata, Colubridea). Biotropica n/a. DOI: 10.1111/btp.13213.
Other Links/Mentions:
Pipa parva call from - https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Pipa&where-species=parva
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