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dc.contributor.authorReynolds, R. Graham
dc.contributor.authorGerber, Glenn P.
dc.contributor.authorBurgess, Joseph P.
dc.contributor.authorWaters, George H.
dc.contributor.authorManco, B. Naqqi
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-17T21:18:34Z
dc.date.available2020-11-17T21:18:34Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0022-1511, 1937-2418
dc.identifier.doi10.1670/18-051
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/784
dc.description.abstract…Based on examination of 737 live wild specimens observed over 12 yr within a population of boas on Big Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, we characterized the striped/spotted CPD and examined potential morphological and spatial correlates of this pattern dimorphism. Contrary to predictions based on studies of similar CPD in colubrid snakes, we found no association between striped or spotted morphs and sex, age, size, or potential morphological correlates….
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dc.relation.urlhttps://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-herpetology/volume-54/issue-3/18-051/Characterization-of-Color-Pattern-Dimorphism-in-Turks-and-Caicos-Boas/10.1670/18-051.full
dc.rightsCopyright 2020 Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
dc.subjectSEX DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectMORPHOLOGY
dc.subjectBOAS
dc.subjectSNAKES
dc.subjectWEST INDIES
dc.subjectSKIN
dc.titleCharacterization of color pattern dimorphism in Turks and Caicos boas, Chilabothrus chrysogaster chrysogaster, on Big Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands
dc.typeArticle
dc.source.journaltitleJournal of Herpetology
dc.source.volume54
dc.source.issue3
dc.source.beginpage337
dc.source.endpage346
html.description.abstract…Based on examination of 737 live wild specimens observed over 12 yr within a population of boas on Big Ambergris Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, we characterized the striped/spotted CPD and examined potential morphological and spatial correlates of this pattern dimorphism. Contrary to predictions based on studies of similar CPD in colubrid snakes, we found no association between striped or spotted morphs and sex, age, size, or potential morphological correlates….


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