Reproductive Ecology of Dipsadine Snakes, With Emphasis on South American Species

Pizzatto, Lígia; Cantor, Mauricio; Lima de Oliveira, Juliana; Marques, Otavio A. V.; Capovilla, Vinicius; Martins, Marcio

Reproductive Ecology of Dipsadine Snakes, With Emphasis on South American Species

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2008

Authors

Pizzatto, Lígia

Cantor, Mauricio

Lima de Oliveira, Juliana

Marques, Otavio A. V.

Capovilla, Vinicius

Martins, Marcio

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Journal article

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Herpetologica ; 64 (2008), 2. - pp. 168-179. - The Herpetologists' League. - ISSN 0018-0831. - eISSN 1938-5099

Abstract

A relatively large amount of variation occurs in the reproductive ecology of tropical snakes, and this variation is generally regarded as being a consequence of seasonality in climate and prey availability. In some groups, even closely related species may differ in their reproductive ecology; however, in others it seems to be very conservative. Here we explore whether characters related to reproduction are phylogenetically constrained in a monophyletic group of snakes, the subfamily Dipsadinae, which ranges from Mexico to southern South America. We provide original data on reproduction for Leptodeira annulata, Imantodes cenchoa, and three species of Sibynomorphus from southern, southeastern and central Brazil, and data from literature for other species and populations of dipsadines. Follicular cycles were seasonal in Atractus reticulatus, Dipsas albifrons, Hypsiglena torquata, Leptodeira maculata, L. punctata, Sibynomorphus spp. and Sibon sanniola from areas where climate is seasonal. In contrast, extended or continuous follicular cycles were recorded in Dipsas catesbyi, D. neivai, Imantodes cenchoa, Leptodeira annulata, and Ninia maculata from areas with seasonal and aseasonal climates. Testicular cycles also varied from seasonal (in H. torquata) to continuous (in Dipsas spp., Leptodeira annulata, L. maculata, N. maculata and Sibynomorphus spp.). Most dipsadines are small (less than 500 mm SVL), and females attain sexual maturity with similar relative body size than males. Sexual dimorphism occurred in terms of SVL and tail length in most species, and clutch size tended to be small (less than five eggs). Combat behavior occurs in Imantodes cenchoa, which did not show sexual size dimorphism. Reproductive timing, for both females and males, varied among species but in general there were no differences between the tribes of Dipsadinae in most of the reproductive characteristics, such as mean body size, relative size at sexual maturity, sexual size and tail dimorphism, duration of vitellogenesis or egg-carrying in oviducts.

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PIZZATTO, Lígia, Mauricio CANTOR, Juliana LIMA DE OLIVEIRA, Otavio A. V. MARQUES, Vinicius CAPOVILLA, Marcio MARTINS, 2008. Reproductive Ecology of Dipsadine Snakes, With Emphasis on South American Species. In: Herpetologica. The Herpetologists' League. 64(2), pp. 168-179. ISSN 0018-0831. eISSN 1938-5099. Available under: doi: 10.1655/07-031.1

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@article{Pizzatto2008-06Repro-50194,
  year={2008},
  doi={10.1655/07-031.1},
  title={Reproductive Ecology of Dipsadine Snakes, With Emphasis on South American Species},
  number={2},
  volume={64},
  issn={0018-0831},
  journal={Herpetologica},
  pages={168--179},
  author={Pizzatto, Lígia and Cantor, Mauricio and Lima de Oliveira, Juliana and Marques, Otavio A. V. and Capovilla, Vinicius and Martins, Marcio}
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