Scientific American Guest Blog - Reptilenesia

reptilenesia
25 Apr, 2021
Check out the piece on toxin-sequestering snakes I was invited to write for the Scientific American Guest Blog!!

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/08/21/poisonous-snakes-cant-resist-toxic-toad-tucker-or-can-they/
Heterodon platirhinos eating Acris crepitans. Photo by Nick Kiriazis
Rhabdophis snake Thamnophis
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