Sixty juvenile alligators were implanted subcutaneously with slow release pellets of corticosterone or placebo. Alligators were divided into five different groups such that each group received a… (More)
A brief review of our current understanding (or lack of understanding) of the molecular basis of temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) in reptiles is presented. Current theories are… (More)
Alligators are the most northerly distributed of the extant Crocodilia. Reproducing populations are found as far north as 35 degrees latitude in the freshwater marshes and rivers of coastal North… (More)
In all species of crocodilians, sex is determined not by genetic mechanisms, but by the temperature at which the egg is incubated. In the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) the… (More)
The gastrointestinal tract of the alligator Alligator mississipiensis has been investigated for the presence of immunoreactivity to fourteen regulatory peptides all known to occur in the mammalian… (More)
The effects of capture in a live trap and subsequent handling stress on plasma concentrations of corticosterone and other sex steroids were examined in wild male and female brown treesnakes (Boiga… (More)
Crocodilians are unique among the reptiles in that they lack a pineal gland. Since the pineal is believed to play a role in the regulation of photoperiodic control of circadian rhythms in activity… (More)
It is relatively easy to document direct agonistic interactions among or within species that lead to exclusion of subordinate animals from preferred habitats. It is more difficult to measure the… (More)