Foxsnakes are widely distributed and with an apparently tumultuous taxonomic history, but we can still take a look at the habitats they prefer and their ability to traverse fragmented landscapes.
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Main Paper References:
Row JR, Blouin-Demers G, Lougheed SC. 2012. Movements and Habitat Use of Eastern Foxsnakes (Pantherophis gloydi) in Two Areas Varying in Size and Fragmentation. Journal of Herpetology 46:94–99. DOI: 10.1670/10-262.
Other Mentioned Papers/Studies:
Chambers EA, Hillis DM. 2019. The Multispecies Coalescent Over-splits Species in the Case of Geographically Widespread Taxa. Systematic Biology:syz042. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syz042.
Conant, R. (1940). A new subspecies of the Fox Snake, Elaphe vulpina Baird and Girard. Herpetologica, 2(1), 1-14.
Crother, B. I., White, M. E., Savage, J. M., Eckstut, M. E., Graham, M. R., & Gardner, D. W. (2011). A Reevaluation of the Status of the Foxsnakes Pantherophis gloydi Conant and P. vulpinus Baird and Girard (Lepidosauria). International Scholarly Research Notices, 2011.
Other Links/Mentions:
Eastern fox snake combat (mistitled): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogaXTO-XcKc
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047 Iguanas Rock
046 Stinky Turtles
045.5 Question - Snake Eyes
045 King Among Cobras
044 Where Those Herps At?
043 Lazy Dragons, Lazy Newts
042 A Christmas Miracle
041 Learned Lizards
040 Complications of Captivity
039 An Appetite for Arboreality
038 A Frog Over Troubled Water
037 Chameleon Comeback
036 Crocodiles of the Mekong
035 Caecilians Caecilians Caecilians
034 Hybrid Pythons
033 Lost in Translocation
032 Duplicitous Dendrobatids
031 From Tortoise Brutality to Snail-eating Snakes
030 Attack of the Toxic Toads
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