Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia)
by Ray D. Burkett
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About this eBook
- Author
- Burkett, Ray D., 1938-
- Title
- Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscovorus (Reptilia)
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Snakes
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 38308
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38308
- Release Date
- December 15, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.Untitled
- 3.Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 435-491, 7 figures in text
- 4.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
- 5.Natural History of Cottonmouth Moccasin, Agkistrodon piscivorus (Reptilia) — BY RAY D. BURKETT
- 6.CONTENTS
- 7.INTRODUCTION
- 8.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 9.SYSTEMATIC RELATIONSHIPS AND DISTRIBUTION
- 10.DESCRIPTION — Color and Pattern — Scutellation — Dentition
- 11.HABITAT AND LIMITING FACTORS
- 12.REPRODUCTION — Courtship and Mating — Reproductive Cycles — Embryonic Development — Birth of Young — Number of Young per Litter — Population Composition — Reproductive Potential
- 13.GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT — Size at Birth and Early Growth — The Umbilical Scar — Later Growth and Bodily Proportions
- 14.SHEDDING — The Shedding Operation — Frequency of Shedding
- 15.FOOD HABITS — Methods of Obtaining Prey — Food and Food Preferences
- 16.MORTALITY FACTORS — Natural Enemies and Predators — Parasites and Diseases — Miscellaneous Causes of Death
- 17.BEHAVIOR — Annual and Diel Cycles of Activity — Basking — Coiling — Locomotion — Disposition — Defense and Escape — "Head Bobbing" — Combat Dance
- 18.THE VENOM — Properties of the Venom — Venom Yield and Toxicity — Susceptibility of Snakes
- 19.THE BITE — Effects of the Bite — Treatment — Case History of a Bite — Snakebite in the United States
- 20.SUMMARY
- 21.LITERATURE CITED
- 22.UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
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