Crotalus viridis oreganus

Alving W.R. and Kardong K.V. (1996). The role of the vomeronasal organ in rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis oreganus) predatory behavior. Brain Behav Evol 48, 165-172. 

Crotalus Viridis Oreganus Common Name(s) Northern Pacific Rattlesnake... 

Twenty-three individually housed northern Pacific rattlesnakes, Crotalus viridis oreganus (adult, long-term captives) collected locally in Whitman Co., WA, under State permits, were used in each of four experiments. Snakes were maintained on white laboratory mice (Balb/c or Swiss Webster), fed twice a month, and provided water ad... 

Chiszar, D., DeWelde, K., Garcia, M., Payne, D., and Smith, H. M., 1999a, Strike-induced chemosensory searching (SICS) in northern Pacific rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis oreganus, Holbrook, 1840) rescued om substandard husbandry conditions. 11. Complete recovery of function after two years. Zoo Bio. 18 141-146. 

Haverly, J. E., and Kardong, K. V., 1996, Sensory deprivation effects on the predatory behavior of the rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus, Copeia 1996 419-428. 

Robinson, B. G., and K. V. Kardong, 1991, Relocation of struck prey by venomoid (venom-less) rattlesnakes Crotalus viridis oreganus. Bull. Maryland Herpet. Soc. 27 23-30. 

Twenty-three northern Pacific rattlesnakes Crotalus viridis oreganus) were used as the test animals. All individuals were housed in separate 10 gallon aquaria and kept on a 12h/12h l d cycle at 30°C. Water was provided ad libitum, and the aquaria were lined with newspaper. Prey items used during all experiments were Swiss-Webster mice obtained the day of the trial from a large breeding colony. 

Hayes, W. R., and Galusha, J. C., 1984, Effects of rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis oreganus) envenomation upon mobility of male wild and laboratory mice (Mus musculus), Bull. MD Herpetol. Soc., 20 135. 

Diller, L. V., and Wallace, R. L., 1984, Reproductive biology of the northern pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis oreganus) in northern Idaho, Herpetologica, 40 182. 

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