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  1. Analyses of venom spitting in African cobras (Elapidae: Serpentes)

    Analyses of venom spitting in African cobras (Elapidae: Serpentes)

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Bruce A. Young --- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, U.S.A. Mark O’Shea --- School of Applied Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, U.K.
    The venom spat by four spitting cobras (Naja nigricollis, N. pallida, N. mossambica and Hemachatus haemachatus) was caught using perspex plates. Densiometric analysis of the spat venom revealed low levels of variation in volume among successive spits. The dispersal patterns...
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  2. Age determination in jackals (<em>Canis adustus</em> Sundevall, 1846, and<em>Canis mesomelas</em> Schreber, 1778; Carnivora: Canidae) with reference to the age structure and breeding patterns of jackal populations in Zimbabwe

    Age determination in jackals (Canis adustus Sundevall, 1846, andCanis mesomelas Schreber, 1778; Carnivora: Canidae) with reference to the age structure and breeding patterns of jackal populations in Zimbabwe

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: J. Bingham --- Central Veterinary Laboratory, Zimbabwe G.K. Purchase --- , Zimbabwe
    Methods for determining the age of individual jackals using canine teeth were assessed as part of a study of the population structure of jackal species (side striped jackal, Canis adustus, and black backed jackal, Canis mesomelas), the main wildlife species...
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