Children's Python

Children's Python research

32 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →

• Influence of temperature on the corticosterone stress-response: an experiment in the Children's python (Antaresia childreni).

  General and comparative endocrinology · 2013 · cited 44 times

• The ecological impact of invasive cane toads on tropical snakes: field data do not support laboratory-based predictions.

  Ecology · 2011 · cited 32 times

• Postural Shifts During Egg‐Brooding and Their Impact on Egg Water Balance in Children’s Pythons (Antaresia childreni)

  Ethology · 2008 · cited 30 times

• Maternal brooding in the children's python (Antaresia childreni) promotes egg water balance.

  Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2007 · cited 23 times

• Muscles provide an internal water reserve for reproduction.

  Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2018 · cited 22 times

• Maternal influences on early development: preferred temperature prior to oviposition hastens embryogenesis and enhances offspring traits in the Children's python, Antaresia childreni.

  The Journal of experimental biology · 2012 · cited 21 times

• Effect of water deprivation on baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels in the Children's python (Antaresia childreni).

  Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2013 · cited 21 times

• Thermoregulation during gravidity in the children's python (Antaresia childreni): a test of the preadaptation hypothesis for maternal thermophily in snakes

  Biological journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London · 2008 · cited 21 times

Children's Python natural history notes

Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.