Sexual dimorphism in development and venom production of the insular threatened pit viper <i>Bothrops insularism</i> (Serpentes: Viperidae) of Queimada Grande Island, Brazil

Bothrops insularis is a threatened snake endemic to Queimada Grande Island, southern coast of São Paulo, Brazil, and the occurrence of sexual abnormalities in females (females with functional ovaries and rudimentary hemipenis) has been reported in this population. To date there are few data regardi...

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Main Authors: S.R. Travaglia-Cardoso, A. Zelanis, M.de.F.D. Furtado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2010-09-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/541