Courtship entanglements: a first report of mating behavior and sexual dichromatism in the Southeast Asian keel-bellied whipsnake, Dryophiops rubescens
We describe the first observations of courtship behavior and sexual dichromatism in the keel-bellied whipsnake, Dryophiops rubescens, from an encounter near Sandakan, eastern Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. During this behavior, two males and a female were longitudinally intertwined, with the males jockeying for position along the body of the female. This “mating braid” lasted for well over 1 h, with the entwined snakes moving a distance of over 10 m together. While polygynous mating is known from other snake species, direct observations of mating behaviors in Southeast Asian colubrids are extremely... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
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Herpetology Notes
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Schlagwörter: | Dryophiops rubescens / Colubridae polygyny / courtship / mating braid / sexual dichromatism / Borneo / Sabah / Malaysia |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26883519 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621864 |