The geography of snake reproductive mode: a global analysis of the evolution of snake viviparity

• Main Authors: Anat, Feldman, Aaron M., Bauer, Fernando, Castro-Herrera, Laurent, Chirio, Indraneil, Das, Tiffany M., Doan, Erez, Maza, Danny, Meirte, Cristiano de, Campos Nogueira, Zoltán, Tamás Nagy, Omar, Torres-Carvajal, Peter, Uetz, Shai, Meiri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2015
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10560/1/NO%20130%20The%20geography%20of%20snake%20reproductive%20mode%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10560/; http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/geb
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Aim : Although most reptiles are oviparous, viviparity is a commonmode of reproduction in squamates and has evolved multiple times in different lineages.We test two prevailing hypotheses regarding the biogeography of reptile reproductive modes to evaluate the selective forces driving the evolutio...