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RE: Telescopus fallax

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Posted by: BGF at Sun Sep 7 07:14:46 2003   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BGF ]  
   

No worries mate. We were blown away with how cool the Telescopus are. One thing noticed was the convergent evolution for body style and niche between the Telescopus, Boiga trigonata and Trimorphodon. All have a similar morphology and all hang out under rocks feeding in various geckos and other lizards. Similar venom too even though they have all been separated for a long long time.

We always laughed at the Trimorphodon acting like really tough corn snakes The size of the venom glands of the Trimorphodon wasn't a laughing matter though! But they have pretty crappy back fangs so aren't the most flash venom deliverers in the world. So while evenomations are possible by Trimorphodon, with a bit of sensible foresight the likelihood is pretty low. However, the venom itself it quite potent and there's a lot of it.

Cheers
B


   

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