Filed Observation of Courtship and Mating Behavior in the False Viper, Macropisthodon rudis

Abstract:

On 22th May 2013, the courtship and mating behavior of the False viper (Macropisthodon rudis) during and after its meal in the field of South China was observed. The entire process by means of video recording and the whole event observation methods was described in this paper. Compared with the published reports about related investigaions of courtship and mating behavior of other colubrids, we found that the courtship and mating behavior pattern of the False viper is similar to other colubrids, but we didnt observe any sign of male biting female during its courtship and mating, which is an obvious fact in some other colubrids species and the male didnt show strong control freak during copulation and it appeared a rare phenomenon that two males hemipenial inserted into one females cloaca at the same time.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 864-867)
• Pages: 2440-2443
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.864-867.2440
• Online since: December 2013
• Authors: Wan Shi Han, De Liang Wang*
• Keywords: Behavior Pattern, Courtship and Mating Behavior, Macropisthodon rudis, Wild

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