Coral snakes predict the evolution of mimicry across New World snakes

Toxic and venomous species often have conspicuous warning colouration that is mimicked by harmless species. Here, Davis Rabosky et al. combine phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses to reveal that mimicry of venomous coral snakes has been a major driver of snake colour evolution in the New World.

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Main Authors: Alison R. Davis Rabosky, Christian L. Cox, Daniel L. Rabosky, Pascal O. Title, Iris A. Holmes, Anat Feldman, Jimmy A. McGuire
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/9a266f3235a7437fbb5c47f9b8153ab6
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