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Reproductive biology of the neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus from northeastern Brazil: a test of phylogenetic conservatism of reproductive patterns
Date
2012-04-01Registration in:
Herpetological Journal. London: British Herpetol Soc, v. 22, n. 2, p. 97-104, 2012.
0268-0130
WOS:000304584600006
Author
Instituto Butantan
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institutions
Abstract
We studied reproductive patterns in neotropical rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus) from areas with different climatic conditions. The timing of female reproductive events (vitellogenesis, sperm storage and parturition) was identical in both regions, therefore we assume it to be phylogenetically conserved. However, size at maturation in both sexes and male reproductive cycles (timing of spermatogenesis and testicular regression) was markedly different between study areas, suggesting that these reproductive characteristics widely differ across the species' range.