Anthropogenic Disturbance Affects Movement and Increases Concealment in Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox)

• Published in: Journal of herpetology Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 216 - 221
• Main Authors: Beale, Meghan, Poulin, Stéphane, Ivanyi, Craig, Blouin-Demers, Gabriel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 01.06.2016; Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
• Subjects: Breeding seasons; Deserts; Homo sapiens; Humans; Information economics; Polygons; Probabilities; Reptiles; Seasons; SNAKE BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY; Snakes

The effects of human disturbance on movements and concealment behavior of Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox) were studied at the Arizona–Sonora Desert Museum near Tucson, Arizona. We predicted that C. atrox would move more frequently and greater distances, and show higher degrees of c...