Habits of five Brazilian snakes with coral‐snake pattern, including a summary of defensive tactics

Sazima, Ivan; Abe, Augusto S.

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Habits of five Brazilian snakes with coral‐snake pattern, including a summary of defensive tactics

Author(s): Ivan Sazima , Augusto S. Abe

Publication date Created: January 1991

Publication date (Print): January 1991

Journal: Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Publisher: Informa UK Limited

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Coral snake mimicry: does it occur?

Roy W. McDiarmid, Mark Greene (1981)

Field observations and experimental evidence refute previous objections to the coral snake mimicry hypothesis. Concordant color pattern variation spanning hundreds of miles and several presumed venomous models strongly suggests that several harmless or mildly venomous colubrid snakes are indeed mimics of highly venomous elapids.