Selected References on swallowing in Snakes

Cundall, David. (1983). Activity of head muscles during feeding by snakes: a comparative study. American Zoologist 23:383-396.

Cundall, David. (1995). Feeding behaviour in Cylindrophis and its bearing on the evolution of alethinophidian snakes. Journal of Zoology, London 237:353-376.

Cundall, David and Gans, Carl. (1979). Feeding in water snakes: an electromyographic study. Journal of Experimental Zoology 209:189-208.

Dullemeijer, Peter. and Povel, G. D. E. (1972). The construction for feeding in rattlesnakes. Zool. Meded. 47:561-578.

Frazzetta, Thomas H. (1966). Studies on the morphology and function of the skull in the Boidae (Serpentes). Part II. Morphology and function of the jaw apparatus in Python sebae and Python molurus. Journal of Morphology 118:217-296.

Gans, Carl. (1961). The feeding mechanism of snakes and its possible evolution. American Zoologist 1:217-227.

Greene, Harry W. (1983). Dietary correlates of the origin and radiation of snakes. American Zoologist 23:431-441.

Greene, Harry W. (1984). Feeding behavior and diet of the eastern coral snake, Micrurus fulvius. In Vertebrate Ecology and Systematics: A Tribute to Henry S. Fitch (ed. R. A. Seigel, L. E. Hunt, J. L. Knight, L. Malaret and N. L. Zuschlag), pp. 147-162. Lawrence: The University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Special Publication No. 10.

Janoo, A. and Gasc, Jean-Pierre. (1992). High speed motion analysis of the predatory strike and fluorographic study of oesophageal deglutition in Vipera ammodytes: more than meets the eye. Amphibia-Reptilia 13:315-325.

Kardong, Kenneth V. (1986). Kinematics of swallowing in the yellow rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata: a reappraisal. Japanese Journal of Herpetology 11:96-109.

Kardong, Kenneth V. and Berkhoudt, H. (1998). Intraoral transport of prey in the reticulated Python; tests of a general tetrapod feeding model. Zoology 101:7-23.

Kardong, Kenneth V., Dullemeijer, Peter and Fransen, J. A. M. (1986). Feeding mechanism in the rattlesnake Crotalus durissus. Amphibia-Reptilia 7:271-302.

Kley, Nathan J. and Brainerd, Elizabeth L. (1996). Internal concertina swallowing: a critical component of alethinophidian feeding systems. American Zoologist 36:81A.

Moon, Brad R. (2000). The mechanics of swallowing and the muscular control of diverse behaviours in gopher snakes. Journal of Experimental Biology 203:2589-2601.

Pough, F. Harvey and Groves, J. D. (1983). Specializations of the body form and food habits of snakes. American Zoologist 23:443-454.

Ruben, John A. (1977a). Morphological correlates of predatory modes in the coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) and rosy boa (Lichanura roseofusca). Herpetologica 33:1-6.

Ruben, John A. (1977b). Some correlates of cranial and cervical myology with predatory modes in snakes. Journal of Morphology 152:89-100.


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