ABSTRACT

Offering coverage of a wide range of topics on snake reproduction and phylogeny, this comprehensive book discusses everything from primordial germ migration in developing embryos to semelparity (death after reproduction) in the aspic viper. Beginning with a review of the history of snake reproductive studies, it presents new findings on development

chapter 4|22 pages

Oogenesis and Early Embryogenesis

chapter 12|40 pages

Reproductive Cycles of Tropical Snakes

chapter 16|26 pages

Paternity Patterns

chapter 17|28 pages

The Evolution of Semelparity