Colin T. STRINE,Curt BARNES,Inês SILVA,et al.First Record of Male Combat in a Wild Malayan Pit Viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma)[J].Asian Herpetological Research(AHR),2015,6(3):237-239.[doi:10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.140040]

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First Record of Male Combat in a Wild Malayan Pit Viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma)

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Asian Herpetological Research[ISSN:2095-0357/CN:51-1735/Q]

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2015 VoI.6 No.3

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237-239

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2015-09-25

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Title:

First Record of Male Combat in a Wild Malayan Pit Viper (Calloselasma rhodostoma)

Author(s):

Colin T. STRINE¹;  Curt BARNES¹;  Inês SILVA²;  Bartosz NADOLSKI¹;  Taksin ARTCHAWAKOM²;  Jacques G. HILL³ and Pongthep SUWANWAREE^1*

¹ Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
² Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
³ Department of Biological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

Keywords:

Calloselasma rhodostoma;  Ritualized combat;  Sakaerat;  Southeast Asia

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DOI:

10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.140040

Abstract:

The first record of ritualized combat behavior between two male Calloselasma rhodostoma (Malayan Pit Viper) was observed in Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Although most of the behavior of C. rhodostoma was similar to that recorded for other viperids, an instance of submissive behavior, which to our knowledge, has not been recorded in any snake species. Additional field observations are required to better understand the structure and function of combat behavior in C. rhodostoma.

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