More Colorful Snakes Are Likely Venomous, Study Says - Reptiles Magazine
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Groundbreaking research by Italian and Swiss scientists sheds new light on one of Poland's rarest reptiles. The spotted wren, hitherto recognized as a non-poisonous snake, was officially included in the group of snakes... venomous. Do Poles have cause for concern?
Warning colours instead of camouflage: An analysis of 458 snake species shows that species with poison in their natural habitat stand out on average more from the environment than non-toxic species. Especially red is associated with this abnormality, while the coloring was not related to the poison strength or the measured pain effect. Galway (Ireland). Distinctive red, yellow or ring patterns apply [...] The article Poison snakes fall more stro…
More Colorful Snakes Are Likely Venomous, Study Says - Reptiles Magazine
The most colorful snakes are likely venomous, according to a study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Like poison frogs that are a wide array of colorations, many snake species that have bright or unique colorations are likely venomous.
A Fair (Enough) Warning: Contextually Conspicuous Snake Species Are More Likely to Be Venomous!
This blog post is provided by Amy Duclaux and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article, “Contextually conspicuous species are more likely to be venomous: Habitat-dependent aposematic colouration found throughout snakes”, co-authored with Michel Dugon and Kevin Healy. This study explored whether venomous snakes are more likely to stand out from their natural environments, finding links between venom, conspicuous colouration, red colouration…
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