... without a salt gland ( Nerodia clarkii clarkii ) and a freshwater species without a salt gland ( Nerodia fasciata ). Both marine species maintained relatively constant plasma ions, even after acclimation to saltwater. By contrast, both plasma Cl – and mortality increased with salinity in the freshwater...

...Michael E. Alfaro SUMMARY The trunk plays an obvious and important role in the prey capture behavior of many species of snake, yet trunk function during predatory strikes is poorly understood. Axial kinematics of three thamnophiine snakes( Thamnophis couchii, Thamnophis elegans and Nerodia...