Presentation Title: “An Introduction to Environmental Sex Determination from the Perspective of Behavioral Ecology” Written by Ingrid Schoonover and presented at American University in the Fall of 2021. Types of...
Implications and Solutions of the Reptile Trade Ingrid Schoonover 1 May 2019 Implications and Solutions for the International Trade in Reptile Species Abstract Over the last decade, a trend of...
Hormonal Color Change Boa constrictors are one of few snakes that undergo a physiological color change, which is the movement of pigment between dermal and epidermal melanophores, a type of...
Ingrid Schoonover Water is critical for the function and survival of snakes, snake tissue is 65 to 80 percent water. Snakes obtain water through diet, metabolic function, and the environment....
Ingrid Schoonover Snakes are exothermic animals so they require much less energy than endothermic animals, thus they have relatively low metabolic rates during fasting periods. Most snakes are periodic feeders...
Ingrid Schoonover Digestion in snakes occurs in the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine portion of the gastrointestinal tract, while absorption occurs in the large intestine and cloaca. The swallowed prey...