Snake (Simple English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Snake" in Simple English language version.

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antiguanracer.org

"Snake facts". antiguanracer.org. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

archive.org

Fry B. et al 2003 (2003). "Molecular evolution and phylogeny of elapid snake venom three-finger toxins". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 (1): 110–129. Bibcode:2003JMolE..57..110F. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-2461-2. PMID 12962311. S2CID 12358977.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2003 (2003). "Isolation of a neurotoxin (α-colubritoxin) from a nonvenomous colubrid: evidence for early origin of venom in snakes". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 (4): 446–452. Bibcode:2003JMolE..57..446F. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-2497-3. PMID 14708577. S2CID 21055188.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. & Wüster W. 2004 (2004). "Assembling an arsenal: origin and evolution of the snake venom proteome inferred from phylogenetic analysis of toxin sequences". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21 (5): 870–883. doi:10.1093/molbev/msh091. PMID 15014162.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Freiberg, Marcos A.; Walls, Jerry G. (1984). The World of Venomous Animals. Tfh Publications Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-87666-567-1.
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bbc.co.uk

Webb, Jonathan 2015. Four-legged snake ancestor 'dug burrows'. BBC News Science & Environment. Four-legged snake ancestor 'dug burrows' - BBC News

biologists.org

jeb.biologists.org

Gray J. & Lissman H.W 1950. (1950). "Kinetics of locomotion of the grass snake". Journal of Experimental Biology. 26 (4): 354–367. doi:10.1242/jeb.26.4.354.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

britannica.com

"snake (reptile) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia". britannica.com. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

doi.org

Hsiang, A.Y.; et al. (2015). "The origin of snakes: Revealing the ecology, behavior, and evolutionary history of early snakes using genomics, phenomics, and the fossil record". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 87. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0358-5. PMC 4438441. PMID 25989795.
Perkins, Sid (27 January 2015). "Fossils of oldest known snakes unearthed". news.sciencemag.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
Caldwell, M. W.; Nydam, R. L.; Palci, A.; Apesteguía, S. (2015). "The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution". Nature Communications. 6 (5996): 5996. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.5996C. doi:10.1038/ncomms6996. PMID 25625704. S2CID 205334234.
S. Blair Hedges (2008). "At the lower size limit in snakes: two new species of threadsnakes (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops) from the Lesser Antilles" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1841: 1–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1841.1.1. S2CID 15584371. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
Head, Jason J. et al 2009 (2009). "Giant boid snake from the paleocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures". Nature. 457 (7230): 715–718. Bibcode:2009Natur.457..715H. doi:10.1038/nature07671. PMID 19194448. S2CID 4381423. Retrieved 2009-02-05.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2006 (2006). "Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes". Nature. 439 (7076): 584–588. Bibcode:2006Natur.439..584F. doi:10.1038/nature04328. PMID 16292255. S2CID 4386245.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2003 (2003). "Molecular evolution and phylogeny of elapid snake venom three-finger toxins". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 (1): 110–129. Bibcode:2003JMolE..57..110F. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-2461-2. PMID 12962311. S2CID 12358977.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2003 (2003). "Isolation of a neurotoxin (α-colubritoxin) from a nonvenomous colubrid: evidence for early origin of venom in snakes". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 (4): 446–452. Bibcode:2003JMolE..57..446F. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-2497-3. PMID 14708577. S2CID 21055188.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. & Wüster W. 2004 (2004). "Assembling an arsenal: origin and evolution of the snake venom proteome inferred from phylogenetic analysis of toxin sequences". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21 (5): 870–883. doi:10.1093/molbev/msh091. PMID 15014162.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Gray, J. (1946). "The mechanism of locomotion in snakes". Journal of Experimental Biology. 23 (2): 101–120. doi:10.1242/jeb.23.2.101. PMID 20281580.
Hekrotte, Carlton (1967). "Relations of body temperature, size, and crawling speed of the Common Garter Snake, Thamnophis s. sirtalis". Copeia. 23 (4): 759–763. doi:10.2307/1441886. JSTOR 1441886.
Walton, Michael; Jayne, Bruce C.; Bennet, Albert F. (1990-08-03). "The Energetic Cost of Limbless Locomotion". Science. 249 (4968): 524–527. doi:10.1126/science.249.4968.524. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17735283. S2CID 17065200.
Gray J. & Lissman H.W 1950. (1950). "Kinetics of locomotion of the grass snake". Journal of Experimental Biology. 26 (4): 354–367. doi:10.1242/jeb.26.4.354.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Jayne, B.C. (1988). "Muscular mechanisms of snake locomotion: an electromyographic study of lateral undulation of the Florida banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata) and the yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta)". Journal of Morphology. 197 (2): 159–181. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051970204. PMID 3184194. S2CID 25729192.
Jayne, B.C (1986). "Kinematics of terrestrial snake locomotion". Copeia. 1986 (4): 915–927. doi:10.2307/1445288. JSTOR 1445288.
Astley, H.C.; Jayne, B.C. (2007). "Effects of perch diameter and incline on the kinematics, performance and modes of arboreal locomotion of corn snakes (Elaphe guttata)". Journal of Experimental Biology. 210 (Pt 21): 3862–3872. doi:10.1242/jeb.009050. PMID 17951427. S2CID 18129284.
Socha, JJ (2002). "Gliding flight in the paradise tree snake". Nature. 418 (6898): 603–604. doi:10.1038/418603a. PMID 12167849. S2CID 4424131.

harvard.edu

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Perkins, Sid (27 January 2015). "Fossils of oldest known snakes unearthed". news.sciencemag.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
Caldwell, M. W.; Nydam, R. L.; Palci, A.; Apesteguía, S. (2015). "The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution". Nature Communications. 6 (5996): 5996. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.5996C. doi:10.1038/ncomms6996. PMID 25625704. S2CID 205334234.
Head, Jason J. et al 2009 (2009). "Giant boid snake from the paleocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures". Nature. 457 (7230): 715–718. Bibcode:2009Natur.457..715H. doi:10.1038/nature07671. PMID 19194448. S2CID 4381423. Retrieved 2009-02-05.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2006 (2006). "Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes". Nature. 439 (7076): 584–588. Bibcode:2006Natur.439..584F. doi:10.1038/nature04328. PMID 16292255. S2CID 4386245.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2003 (2003). "Molecular evolution and phylogeny of elapid snake venom three-finger toxins". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 (1): 110–129. Bibcode:2003JMolE..57..110F. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-2461-2. PMID 12962311. S2CID 12358977.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2003 (2003). "Isolation of a neurotoxin (α-colubritoxin) from a nonvenomous colubrid: evidence for early origin of venom in snakes". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 (4): 446–452. Bibcode:2003JMolE..57..446F. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-2497-3. PMID 14708577. S2CID 21055188.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

itis.gov

"Serpentes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 December 2008.

jstor.org

Hekrotte, Carlton (1967). "Relations of body temperature, size, and crawling speed of the Common Garter Snake, Thamnophis s. sirtalis". Copeia. 23 (4): 759–763. doi:10.2307/1441886. JSTOR 1441886.
Jayne, B.C (1986). "Kinematics of terrestrial snake locomotion". Copeia. 1986 (4): 915–927. doi:10.2307/1445288. JSTOR 1445288.

mapress.com

S. Blair Hedges (2008). "At the lower size limit in snakes: two new species of threadsnakes (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops) from the Lesser Antilles" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1841: 1–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1841.1.1. S2CID 15584371. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

nature.com

Head, Jason J. et al 2009 (2009). "Giant boid snake from the paleocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures". Nature. 457 (7230): 715–718. Bibcode:2009Natur.457..715H. doi:10.1038/nature07671. PMID 19194448. S2CID 4381423. Retrieved 2009-02-05.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2006 (2006). "Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes". Nature. 439 (7076): 584–588. Bibcode:2006Natur.439..584F. doi:10.1038/nature04328. PMID 16292255. S2CID 4386245.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

nih.gov

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Hsiang, A.Y.; et al. (2015). "The origin of snakes: Revealing the ecology, behavior, and evolutionary history of early snakes using genomics, phenomics, and the fossil record". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 87. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0358-5. PMC 4438441. PMID 25989795.
Perkins, Sid (27 January 2015). "Fossils of oldest known snakes unearthed". news.sciencemag.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
Caldwell, M. W.; Nydam, R. L.; Palci, A.; Apesteguía, S. (2015). "The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution". Nature Communications. 6 (5996): 5996. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.5996C. doi:10.1038/ncomms6996. PMID 25625704. S2CID 205334234.
Head, Jason J. et al 2009 (2009). "Giant boid snake from the paleocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures". Nature. 457 (7230): 715–718. Bibcode:2009Natur.457..715H. doi:10.1038/nature07671. PMID 19194448. S2CID 4381423. Retrieved 2009-02-05.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2006 (2006). "Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes". Nature. 439 (7076): 584–588. Bibcode:2006Natur.439..584F. doi:10.1038/nature04328. PMID 16292255. S2CID 4386245.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2003 (2003). "Molecular evolution and phylogeny of elapid snake venom three-finger toxins". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 (1): 110–129. Bibcode:2003JMolE..57..110F. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-2461-2. PMID 12962311. S2CID 12358977.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2003 (2003). "Isolation of a neurotoxin (α-colubritoxin) from a nonvenomous colubrid: evidence for early origin of venom in snakes". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 (4): 446–452. Bibcode:2003JMolE..57..446F. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-2497-3. PMID 14708577. S2CID 21055188.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. & Wüster W. 2004 (2004). "Assembling an arsenal: origin and evolution of the snake venom proteome inferred from phylogenetic analysis of toxin sequences". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 21 (5): 870–883. doi:10.1093/molbev/msh091. PMID 15014162.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Gray, J. (1946). "The mechanism of locomotion in snakes". Journal of Experimental Biology. 23 (2): 101–120. doi:10.1242/jeb.23.2.101. PMID 20281580.
Walton, Michael; Jayne, Bruce C.; Bennet, Albert F. (1990-08-03). "The Energetic Cost of Limbless Locomotion". Science. 249 (4968): 524–527. doi:10.1126/science.249.4968.524. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17735283. S2CID 17065200.
Jayne, B.C. (1988). "Muscular mechanisms of snake locomotion: an electromyographic study of lateral undulation of the Florida banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata) and the yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta)". Journal of Morphology. 197 (2): 159–181. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051970204. PMID 3184194. S2CID 25729192.
Astley, H.C.; Jayne, B.C. (2007). "Effects of perch diameter and incline on the kinematics, performance and modes of arboreal locomotion of corn snakes (Elaphe guttata)". Journal of Experimental Biology. 210 (Pt 21): 3862–3872. doi:10.1242/jeb.009050. PMID 17951427. S2CID 18129284.
Socha, JJ (2002). "Gliding flight in the paradise tree snake". Nature. 418 (6898): 603–604. doi:10.1038/418603a. PMID 12167849. S2CID 4424131.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Hsiang, A.Y.; et al. (2015). "The origin of snakes: Revealing the ecology, behavior, and evolutionary history of early snakes using genomics, phenomics, and the fossil record". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 87. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0358-5. PMC 4438441. PMID 25989795.

randomfunfactsonline.com

J. Lesh, Laurie (2024-03-27). "Top 30 Interesting Facts About Snakes". Random Fun Facts Online. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-27.

reptarium.cz

reptile-database.reptarium.cz

snake species list at the Reptile Database. Accessed 22 May 2012.

reptile-database.org

snake species list at the Reptile Database. Accessed 22 May 2012.

science.org

Walton, Michael; Jayne, Bruce C.; Bennet, Albert F. (1990-08-03). "The Energetic Cost of Limbless Locomotion". Science. 249 (4968): 524–527. doi:10.1126/science.249.4968.524. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17735283. S2CID 17065200.

sciencemag.org

news.sciencemag.org

Perkins, Sid (27 January 2015). "Fossils of oldest known snakes unearthed". news.sciencemag.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
Caldwell, M. W.; Nydam, R. L.; Palci, A.; Apesteguía, S. (2015). "The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution". Nature Communications. 6 (5996): 5996. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.5996C. doi:10.1038/ncomms6996. PMID 25625704. S2CID 205334234.

sciencemag.org

Martil D.M; Tischlinger H & Longrich N. 2015. A four-legged snake from the early Cretaceous of Gondwana. Science 349 (6246) 416–419. A four-legged snake from the early Cretaceous of Gondwana | Science

semanticscholar.org

api.semanticscholar.org

Perkins, Sid (27 January 2015). "Fossils of oldest known snakes unearthed". news.sciencemag.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
Caldwell, M. W.; Nydam, R. L.; Palci, A.; Apesteguía, S. (2015). "The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution". Nature Communications. 6 (5996): 5996. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.5996C. doi:10.1038/ncomms6996. PMID 25625704. S2CID 205334234.
S. Blair Hedges (2008). "At the lower size limit in snakes: two new species of threadsnakes (Squamata: Leptotyphlopidae: Leptotyphlops) from the Lesser Antilles" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1841: 1–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1841.1.1. S2CID 15584371. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
Head, Jason J. et al 2009 (2009). "Giant boid snake from the paleocene neotropics reveals hotter past equatorial temperatures". Nature. 457 (7230): 715–718. Bibcode:2009Natur.457..715H. doi:10.1038/nature07671. PMID 19194448. S2CID 4381423. Retrieved 2009-02-05.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2006 (2006). "Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes". Nature. 439 (7076): 584–588. Bibcode:2006Natur.439..584F. doi:10.1038/nature04328. PMID 16292255. S2CID 4386245.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2003 (2003). "Molecular evolution and phylogeny of elapid snake venom three-finger toxins". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 (1): 110–129. Bibcode:2003JMolE..57..110F. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-2461-2. PMID 12962311. S2CID 12358977.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Fry B. et al 2003 (2003). "Isolation of a neurotoxin (α-colubritoxin) from a nonvenomous colubrid: evidence for early origin of venom in snakes". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 57 (4): 446–452. Bibcode:2003JMolE..57..446F. doi:10.1007/s00239-003-2497-3. PMID 14708577. S2CID 21055188.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Walton, Michael; Jayne, Bruce C.; Bennet, Albert F. (1990-08-03). "The Energetic Cost of Limbless Locomotion". Science. 249 (4968): 524–527. doi:10.1126/science.249.4968.524. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17735283. S2CID 17065200.
Jayne, B.C. (1988). "Muscular mechanisms of snake locomotion: an electromyographic study of lateral undulation of the Florida banded water snake (Nerodia fasciata) and the yellow rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta)". Journal of Morphology. 197 (2): 159–181. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051970204. PMID 3184194. S2CID 25729192.
Astley, H.C.; Jayne, B.C. (2007). "Effects of perch diameter and incline on the kinematics, performance and modes of arboreal locomotion of corn snakes (Elaphe guttata)". Journal of Experimental Biology. 210 (Pt 21): 3862–3872. doi:10.1242/jeb.009050. PMID 17951427. S2CID 18129284.
Socha, JJ (2002). "Gliding flight in the paradise tree snake". Nature. 418 (6898): 603–604. doi:10.1038/418603a. PMID 12167849. S2CID 4424131.

snakefacts.net

"Snake facts - information on snakes". snakefacts.net. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

ua.ac.be

webh01.ua.ac.be

Vidal, Nicolas & S. Blair Hedges 2009. The molecular evolutionary tree of lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians. Comptes rendus biologies 332, (2) 129-139. [1] Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine

uva.nl

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web.archive.org

Perkins, Sid (27 January 2015). "Fossils of oldest known snakes unearthed". news.sciencemag.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
Caldwell, M. W.; Nydam, R. L.; Palci, A.; Apesteguía, S. (2015). "The oldest known snakes from the Middle Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous provide insights on snake evolution". Nature Communications. 6 (5996): 5996. Bibcode:2015NatCo...6.5996C. doi:10.1038/ncomms6996. PMID 25625704. S2CID 205334234.
"Snake facts". antiguanracer.org. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
Vidal, Nicolas & S. Blair Hedges 2009. The molecular evolutionary tree of lizards, snakes, and amphisbaenians. Comptes rendus biologies 332, (2) 129-139. [1] Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
"Snake facts - information on snakes". snakefacts.net. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
J. Lesh, Laurie (2024-03-27). "Top 30 Interesting Facts About Snakes". Random Fun Facts Online. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-27.

worldcat.org

Walton, Michael; Jayne, Bruce C.; Bennet, Albert F. (1990-08-03). "The Energetic Cost of Limbless Locomotion". Science. 249 (4968): 524–527. doi:10.1126/science.249.4968.524. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17735283. S2CID 17065200.