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Arboreal Mating Behaviors of the Big-eyed Green Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) in Northeast Thailand (Reptilia: Viperidae)

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Arboreal Mating Behaviors of the Big-eyed Green Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) in Northeast Thailand (Reptilia: Viperidae). / Strine, Colin; Barnes, Curt; Major, Tom et al.
In: Current Herpetology, Vol. 37, No. 1, 01.02.2018, p. 81-87.

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Strine, C, Barnes, C, Major, T, Artchawakom, T, Hill, J, Suwanwaree, P & Brown, A 2018, 'Arboreal Mating Behaviors of the Big-eyed Green Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) in Northeast Thailand (Reptilia: Viperidae)', Current Herpetology, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 81-87. https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.37.81

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Strine, C., Barnes, C., Major, T., Artchawakom, T., Hill, J., Suwanwaree, P., & Brown, A. (2018). Arboreal Mating Behaviors of the Big-eyed Green Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) in Northeast Thailand (Reptilia: Viperidae). Current Herpetology, 37(1), 81-87. https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.37.81

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Strine C, Barnes C, Major T, Artchawakom T, Hill J, Suwanwaree P, Brown A. 2018. Arboreal Mating Behaviors of the Big-eyed Green Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) in Northeast Thailand (Reptilia: Viperidae). Current Herpetology. 37(1):81-87. https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.37.81

MLA

Strine, Colin et al. "Arboreal Mating Behaviors of the Big-eyed Green Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) in Northeast Thailand (Reptilia: Viperidae)". Current Herpetology. 2018, 37(1). 81-87. https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.37.81

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Strine C, Barnes C, Major T, Artchawakom T, Hill J, Suwanwaree P et al. Arboreal Mating Behaviors of the Big-eyed Green Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) in Northeast Thailand (Reptilia: Viperidae). Current Herpetology. 2018 Feb 1;37(1):81-87. doi: 10.5358/hsj.37.81

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Strine, Colin ; Barnes, Curt ; Major, Tom et al. / Arboreal Mating Behaviors of the Big-eyed Green Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) in Northeast Thailand (Reptilia: Viperidae). In: Current Herpetology. 2018 ; Vol. 37, No. 1. pp. 81-87.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Arboreal Mating Behaviors of the Big-eyed Green Pit Viper (Trimeresurus macrops) in Northeast Thailand (Reptilia: Viperidae)

AU - Strine, Colin

AU - Barnes, Curt

AU - Major, Tom

AU - Artchawakom, Taksin

AU - Hill, Jacques

AU - Suwanwaree, Pongthep

AU - Brown, Andrew

N1 - Added too late to save without post-print

PY - 2018/2/1

Y1 - 2018/2/1

N2 - Little is known about mating behaviors in arboreal snakes. We report three observations of mating in wild big-eyed pit vipers (Trimeresurus macrops) in northeast Thailand from 2013 to 2015. Mating occurred at the end of the rainy season, between 20 September and 28 October. One copulation occurred on the ground and two were arboreal (<1.5 m high). Females pulled males up trees during arboreal mating. Observations lasted from 2.2 to 12.9 h, but two of the three observations were initiated after copulation had started and were thus incomplete. Females were larger than males in all copulations. On one occasion a second male attempted to disrupt a mating pair using aggressive body movements and tail wrestling. All mating occurred in human disturbed forests, and two of them were observed in close proximity to human habitations.

AB - Little is known about mating behaviors in arboreal snakes. We report three observations of mating in wild big-eyed pit vipers (Trimeresurus macrops) in northeast Thailand from 2013 to 2015. Mating occurred at the end of the rainy season, between 20 September and 28 October. One copulation occurred on the ground and two were arboreal (<1.5 m high). Females pulled males up trees during arboreal mating. Observations lasted from 2.2 to 12.9 h, but two of the three observations were initiated after copulation had started and were thus incomplete. Females were larger than males in all copulations. On one occasion a second male attempted to disrupt a mating pair using aggressive body movements and tail wrestling. All mating occurred in human disturbed forests, and two of them were observed in close proximity to human habitations.

KW - Male-male combat

KW - Sakaerat

KW - South-East Asia

KW - Trimeresurus macrops

KW - Viperidae

U2 - 10.5358/hsj.37.81

DO - 10.5358/hsj.37.81

M3 - Article

VL - 37

SP - 81

EP - 87

JO - Current Herpetology

JF - Current Herpetology

SN - 1345-5834

IS - 1

ER -