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- Behavioural Welfare Implications of Human Handling Practices in Zoo Snakes.
Kennedy C, Hanson SL, Walker C et al. · Veterinary medicine and science · 2026-09 · open access
Background Handling reptiles, particularly snakes, is common in ambassador-animal and animal-visitor interaction programmes. However, relatively little is known about the behavioural and welfare impacts of these interactions on snakes. Objectives This study examined whether staff-led handling…
- Humoral immune responses differ according to antigen in Children’s pythons (Antaresia childreni)
Daniel R. Emanuel, Derek M. Benson, Dale F. DeNardo et al. · Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science · 2026-04 · open access
Humoral immunity provides a robust defense against pathogens through the production of antibodies with diverse functions, yet it remains poorly understood in ectotherms. In this study, we compared the extent and time course of the humoral immune response to two commonly used non-pathogenic antigens…
- Antaresia childreni (Children’s Python). Habitat use.
Herpetological Review · 2025-01
- Effects of thermophily-relevant temperature variation and sex on digestive performance in pythons.
Benson DM, DeNardo DF · Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2024-04
- Hydration state does not affect selected body temperature during gravidity or gravidity duration in pythons (Antaresia childreni).
Azzolini JL, Pratt SC, DeNardo DF · Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2024-03
- Dehydrated snakes reduce postprandial thermophily.
Azzolini JL, Roderick TB, DeNardo DF · The Journal of experimental biology · 2023-08
- Phylogeography, historical demography and systematics of the world's smallest pythons (Pythonidae, Antaresia).
Esquerré D, Donnellan SC, Pavón-Vázquez CJ et al. · Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2021-04
- Antaresia childreni (Children’s Python). Diet.
Chase Enloe and Brett Bartek · Herpetological Review · 2020-01
- Fear-based aggression and its relationship to corticosterone responsiveness in three species of python.
Brashears JA, Fokidis HB, DeNardo DF · General and comparative endocrinology · 2019-12
- Reproductive state and water deprivation increase plasma corticosterone in a capital breeder.
Brusch GA 4th, DeNardo DF, Lourdais O · General and comparative endocrinology · 2019-12
- Dehydration during egg production alters egg composition and yolk immune function.
Brusch GA 4th, Heulin B, DeNardo DF · Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2018-10
- Egg desiccation leads to dehydration and enhanced innate immunity in python embryos.
Brusch GA 4th, DeNardo DF · Developmental and comparative immunology · 2018-09
- Pythons sacrifice muscle to provide water for their eggs
William Joyce · Journal of Experimental Biology · 2018-09
- Muscles provide an internal water reserve for reproduction.
Brusch GA 4th, Lourdais O, Kaminsky B et al. · Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2018-06
- Reproduction Alters Hydration State but Does Not Impact the Positive Effects of Dehydration on Innate Immune Function in Children's Pythons (Antaresia childreni).
Brusch GA 4th, Billy G, Blattman JN et al. · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2017-11
- Ultrasound imaging of the anterior section of the eye of five different snake species.
Lauridsen H, Da Silva MA, Hansen K et al. · BMC veterinary research · 2014-12 · open access
Background Nineteen clinically normal snakes: six ball pythons (Python regius), six Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus), one Children's python (Antaresia childreni), four Amazon tree boas (Corallus hortulanus), and two Malagasy ground boas (Acrantophis madagascariensis) were subjected to ultrasound…
- Effect of water deprivation on baseline and stress-induced corticosterone levels in the Children's python (Antaresia childreni).
Dupoué A, Angelier F, Lourdais O et al. · Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology · 2013-11
- Influence of temperature on the corticosterone stress-response: an experiment in the Children's python (Antaresia childreni).
Dupoué A, Brischoux F, Lourdais O et al. · General and comparative endocrinology · 2013-08
- Morphological and physiological changes during reproduction and their relationships to reproductive performance in a capital breeder.
Stahlschmidt ZR, Lourdais O, Lorioux S et al. · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2013-05
- Structural and performance costs of reproduction in a pure capital breeder, the Children's python Antaresia childreni.
Lourdais O, Lorioux S, DeNardo DF · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2013-01
- Do Brooding Pythons Recognize their Clutches? Investigating External Cues for Offspring Recognition in the Children's Python, A ntaresia childreni
Jake Brashears, Dale F. DeNardo · Ethology · 2012-07
- Maternal influences on early development: preferred temperature prior to oviposition hastens embryogenesis and enhances offspring traits in the Children's python, Antaresia childreni.
Lorioux S, DeNardo DF, Gorelick R et al. · The Journal of experimental biology · 2012-04
- The use of ultrasonography to assess reproductive investment and output in pythons
STAHLSCHMIDT Z, BRASHEARS J, DENARDO D · Biological journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London · 2011-08
- The ecological impact of invasive cane toads on tropical snakes: field data do not support laboratory-based predictions.
Brown GP, Phillips BL, Shine R · Ecology · 2011-02
- The role of python eggshell permeability dynamics in a respiration-hydration trade-off.
Stahlschmidt ZR, Heulin B, DeNardo DF · Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ · 2010-07
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