Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia)
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- University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History
- Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 435-491, 7 figures in text
- October 27, 1966
- Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia)
- University of Kansas Lawrence 1966
- University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch, Frank B. Cross
- Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 435-491, 7 figures in text Published October 27, 1966
- University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
- Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia)
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- SYSTEMATIC RELATIONSHIPS AND DISTRIBUTION
- DESCRIPTION
- Color and Pattern
- Scutellation
- Dentition
- HABITAT AND LIMITING FACTORS
- REPRODUCTION
- Courtship and Mating
- Reproductive Cycles
- Embryonic Development
- Birth of Young
- Number of Young per Litter
- Population Composition
- Reproductive Potential
- GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- Size at Birth and Early Growth
- The Umbilical Scar
- Later Growth and Bodily Proportions
- SHEDDING
- The Shedding Operation
- Frequency of Shedding
- FOOD HABITS
- Methods of Obtaining Prey
- Food and Food Preferences
- MORTALITY FACTORS
- Natural Enemies and Predators
- Parasites and Diseases
- Miscellaneous Causes of Death
- BEHAVIOR
- Annual and Diel Cycles of Activity
- Basking
- Coiling
- Locomotion
- Disposition
- Defense and Escape
- "Head Bobbing"
- Combat Dance
- THE VENOM
- Properties of the Venom
- Venom Yield and Toxicity
- Susceptibility of Snakes
- THE BITE
- Effects of the Bite
- Treatment
- Case History of a Bite
- Snakebite in the United States
- SUMMARY
- LITERATURE CITED
- UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
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