Field Observation of Maternal Attendance of Eggs in a Madagascan Snake, <i>Leioheterodon madagascariensis</i>

• MORI Akira

  Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

• RANDRIAMBOAVONJY Tahirihasina Mathieu

  Département de Biologie Animale, Université d'Antananarivo

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Field observation of maternal attendance of eggs in a Madagascan snake, Leioheterodon madagascariensis

Abstract

Maternal attendance of eggs is a parental care behavior widespread in snakes, but observations under natural situations are limited. During a radio-tracking study in a dry forest in Madagascar, we located a female Leioheterodon madagascariensis that was attending a clutch of eggs in a cavity below ground. The late embryonic stage of an excavated egg and locations of the female recorded before its discovery with the clutch suggest that the female had been attending the eggs for a relatively long period but with occasional intervals when she left the oviposition site.<br>

Journal

• Current Herpetology

  Current Herpetology 29 (2), 91-95, 2010

  The Herpetological Society of Japan

Keywords

• Madagascar
• <i>Leioheterodon madagascariensis</i>
• Nest site
• Maternal attendance
• Parental care

Details

• CRID: 1390282679689184640
• NII Article ID: 130005404255
• NII Article ID: 130000415074
• NII Book ID: AA12410796
• DOI: 10.3105/018.029.0204
• DOI: 10.5358/hsj.29.91
• ISSN: 18811019
• ISSN: 13455834
• HANDLE: 2433/197269
• NDL BIB ID: 10928187
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10928187
• Text Lang: en
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