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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

Jonathan A. Campbell and Edmund D. Brodie, Jr.

Introduction

Gordon W. Schuett, Mats Höggren, Michael E. Douglas, and Harry W. Greene

Systematics, Taxonomy, and Phylogeography

Phylogeography of Adders (Vipera berus) from Fennoscandia.

Martin Carlsson and Håkan Tegelström

Phylogeography of the Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis) Complex, with Emphasis on the Colorado Plateau.

Michael E. Douglas, Marlis R. Douglas, Gordon W. Schuett, Louis W. Porras, and Andrew T. Holycross

Phylogenetic Relationships of New World Pitvipers as Inferred from Anatomical Evidence.

Ronald L. Gutberlet, Jr. and Michael B. Harvey

Phylogeny of the Rattlesnakes (Crotalus and Sistrurus) Inferred from Sequences of Five Mitochondrial DNA Genes.

Robert W. Murphy, Jinzhong Fu, Amy Lathrop, Joshua V. Feltham, and Viera Kovac

Multigene Phylogenetic Analysis of Pitvipers, with Comments on Their Biogeography.

Christopher L. Parkinson, Jonathan A. Campbell, and Paul T. Chippindale

Origins and Evolution of the South American Pitviper Fauna: Evidence from Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Analysis.

Wolfgang Wüster, Maria da Graça Salomão, J. Adrián Quijada-Mascareñas, Roger S. Thorpe, and BBBSP

Behavior, Ecology, Natural History, and Evolution

Distributional Analysis of Two Vipers (Vipera latastei and V. seoanei) in a Potential Area of Sympatry in the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula.

José C. Brito and Eduardo G. Crespo

Pheromones, Search Patterns, and Old Haunts: How Do Male Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) Locate Mates?

Brad Coupe

Envenomation Strategies, Head Form, and Feeding Ecology in Vipers.

David Cundall

Male Combat in Two Species of Mountain Vipers, Montivipera raddei and M. wagneri.

Jeff Ettling And Adam Marfisi

Ecology of the Western Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma) in Northeastern Texas.

Neil B. Ford

Parental Behavior by Vipers.

Harry W. Greene, Peter G. May, David L. Hardy, Sr., Jolie M. Sciturro, and Terence M. Farrell

Factors That Influence Venom Expenditure in Viperids and Other Snake Species During Predatory and Defensive Contexts.

William K. Hayes, Shelton S. Herbert, G. Curtis Rehling, and Joseph F. Gennaro

Genetic Evidence for First-Male Mating Advantage in the Adder (Vipera berus).

Mats Höggren and Håkan Tegelström

Foraging Ecology of the Threatened New Mexico Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi obscurus).

Andrew T. Holycross, Charles W. Painter, David G. Barker, and Michael E. Douglas

Proximate Factors Involved in Rattlesnake Predatory Behavior: a Review.

Kenneth V. Kardong and Tamara L. Smith

Does a Quick Offense Equal a Quick Defense? Kinematic Comparisons of Predatory and Defensive Strikes in the Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox).

Travis J. LaDuc

Female Life History Traits of the Aspic Viper (Vipera aspis) and Sand Viper (V. ammodytes) from the Mediterranean Region.

Luca Luiselli And Marco A. L. Zuffi

Life History Constraints on the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) at Its Climatic Limits.

William Henry Martin

Ecological and Phylogenetic Correlates of Feeding Habits in Neotropical Pivipers of the Genus Bothrops.

Marcio Martins, Otavio A. V. Marques, and Ivan Sazima

Winter Activity of the Hime-Habu (Ovophis okinavensis) in the Humid Subtropics: Foraging on Breeding Anurans at Low Temperatures.

Akira Mori, Mamoru Toda, and Hidetoshi Ota

Natural History of Pitvipers in Eastern and Southeastern Asia.

Nikolai Orlov, Natalia Ananjeva, and Roman Khalikov

Stimulus Control of Caudal Luring and Other Feeding Responses: a Program for Research on Visual Perception in Vipers.

Randall S. Reiserer

Rattle Loss in Pygmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius): Causes, Consequences, and Implications for Rattle Function and Evolution.

Matthew P. Rowe, Terence M. Farrell, and Peter G. May

Long-Term Changes in Movement Patterns of Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus).

Richard A. Seigel and Melissa A. Pilgrim

Strike-induced Chemosensory Searching (SICS) and Trail-Following Behavior in Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix).

Kathryn Stiles, Patrick Stark, David Chiszar, And Hobart M. Smith

Fossil Record of the True Vipers.

Zbigniew Szyndlar and Jean-Claude Rage

Physiology and Reproductive Biology

Reproduction in Neotropical Pivipers, with Emphasis on Species of the Genus Bothrops.

Selma Maria Almeida-Santos and Maria da Graça Salomão

Modeling Time-Energy Allocation in Vipers: Individual Responses to Environmental Variation and Implications for Populations.

Steven J. Beaupre

Benefits of Complementary Techniques: Using Capture-Recapture and Physiological Approaches to Understand Costs of Reproduction in the Aspic Viper (Vipera aspis).

Xavier Bonnet, Guy Naulleau, and Olivier Lourdais

Patterns of Gut Passage Time and Chronic Retention of Fecal Mass in Viperid Snakes.

Harvey B. Lillywhite, Pierre de Delva, and Brice P. Noonan

The Reproductive Cycle in Male Neotropical Rattlesnakes (Crotalus durissus terrificus).

Maria da Graça Salomão and Selma Maria Almeida-Santos

Mating System of Male Mojave Rattlesnakes (Crotalus scutulatus): Seasonal Timing of Mating, Agonistic Behavior, Spermatogenesis, Sexual Segment of the Kidney, and Plasma Sex Steroids.

Gordon W. Schuett, Sharon L. Carlisle, Andrew T. Holycross, Jack K. O’Leile, David L. Hardy, Sr., Edward A. Van Kirk, and William J. Murdoch

Conservation

Management of “Nuisance” Vipers: Effects of Translocation on Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox).

Erika M. Nowak, Trevor Hare, and Jude McNally

Ecology and Behavior of the Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) in the Upper Piedmont of North Carolina: Identified Threats and Conservation Recommendations.

John B. Sealy

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