Co-occurrence patterns between false coral snake Atractus latifrons (Günther, 1868) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and venomous coral snakes from the Amazon

Co-occurrence patterns between false coral snake Atractus latifrons (Günther, 1868) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and venomous coral snakes from the Amazon

Abstract Batesian mimicry may result in remarkable cases of phenotypic convergence that represent classic examples of evolution through natural selection. The existence of mimicry systems among coral snakes, however, remains controversial because of contradictions between the predictions of mimetic...

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Main Authors: PAULA CAROLINA R. DE ALMEIDA, DARLAN T. FEITOSA, LEVI CARINA TERRIBILE, RONIEL FREITAS-OLIVEIRA, ANA LÚCIA C. PRUDENTE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2022-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
Co-occurrence
ecological niche modeling
models
mimics
color variation
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652022000701303&lng=en&tlng=en

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