tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443075087825368900.post983487825504023308..comments2024-01-04T05:26:02.451-07:00Comments on Life is short, but snakes are long: Xenophidion: The Snake with the Mystery PenisAndrew Dursohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04720822623046554913noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443075087825368900.post-12328513582592593602020-05-02T04:35:00.770-06:002020-05-02T04:35:00.770-06:00Yes, just search on my Flickr steam and you'll...Yes, just search on my Flickr steam and you'll find them!Kurt (OrionMystery)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00919450325284468227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443075087825368900.post-21289444380793325102019-07-10T02:29:11.347-06:002019-07-10T02:29:11.347-06:00Hi Kurt, yes, I'd like to! Are your images of ...Hi Kurt, yes, I'd like to! Are your images of the 2018 animal on Flickr?Andrew Dursohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720822623046554913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443075087825368900.post-87256483024426966282019-06-19T02:08:12.643-06:002019-06-19T02:08:12.643-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kurt (OrionMystery)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00919450325284468227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443075087825368900.post-39341830212920734302016-09-29T11:42:35.674-06:002016-09-29T11:42:35.674-06:00Very cool - thanks for the refs. In fact, I had fo...Very cool - thanks for the refs. In fact, I had forgotten entirely about hinged teeth in snakes, but Lialis also shares this. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1986.tb01513.x/abstractDan Raboskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10771030521328260748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443075087825368900.post-34914216444612294862016-09-29T08:03:32.598-06:002016-09-29T08:03:32.598-06:00Thanks Dan! I didn't know about Lialis. Here&#...Thanks Dan! I didn't know about Lialis. Here's the link to the Casarea article:<br /><br />http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1989.tb02512.x/full<br /><br />Hinged teeth is another cool convergent adaptation for this same purpose, shared by at least three lineages of snakes:<br /><br />http://science.sciencemag.org/content/212/4492/346Andrew Dursohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720822623046554913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443075087825368900.post-3835509106368371642016-09-29T05:29:26.339-06:002016-09-29T05:29:26.339-06:00Nice post. I'd never made the connection betwe...Nice post. I'd never made the connection between the Bolyeriid maxillary joint and skink specialization. This is a nice functional parallel to the flexible frontoparietal joint seen in the Lialis (pygopodid) skull, also a skink specialist!Dan Raboskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10771030521328260748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443075087825368900.post-241020607567083672016-09-28T11:05:42.716-06:002016-09-28T11:05:42.716-06:00Indeed. It would be nice to get some time-calibrat...Indeed. It would be nice to get some time-calibrated estimates of divergence times between Xenophidion and Casarea, although whether you combine them into one family or leave them as two is really more a matter of philosophy.Andrew Dursohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720822623046554913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7443075087825368900.post-43551462104052800702016-09-28T11:03:04.671-06:002016-09-28T11:03:04.671-06:00Once the information about the divided maxilla has...Once the information about the divided maxilla has been 'officially' published and properly documented, I can't see any obstacle to referring Xenophidion to Bolyeriidae. It doesn't change any of the facts about the desperate lack of knowledge of natural distribution, ecology, behaviour and morphology of any of these species, but those are things common to all four species anyway (Casarea a bit less so). John Scanlon, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917650979531249640noreply@blogger.com