A REPORT ON A CASE OF MELANISM IN A SPECIMEN OF Crotalus durissus terrificus (LAURENTI, 1768)
This report documents a case of a melanic specimen of Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurenti, 1768) found in Bofete, São Paulo State, Brazil. The authors describe this melanic snake, determine the electrophoretic pattern of its venom, and compare the venom of this specimen against that of normal Cro...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1999 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNESP |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/212335 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-79301999000100008 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/212335 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | chromatic anomalies melanism Crotalus durissus terrificus venom electrophoresis |
| Resumo: | This report documents a case of a melanic specimen of Crotalus durissus terrificus (Laurenti, 1768) found in Bofete, São Paulo State, Brazil. The authors describe this melanic snake, determine the electrophoretic pattern of its venom, and compare the venom of this specimen against that of normal Crotalus durissus terrificus. This report is very important because melanism is a rare chromatic anomaly |
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