Body size, locomotor speed and antipredator behaviour in a tropical snake (Tropidonophis mairii, colubridae): The influence of incubation environments and genetic factors

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Swimming performance of hatchling green turtles is affected by incubation temperature (2006, unknown): “…performance in freshwater turtles (Janzen 1993; Doody 1999; Du and Ji 2003), lizards (Van Damme et al. 1992; Shine et al. 1995; Downes and Shine 1999) and snakes (Burger 1990, 1991; Webb et al. 2001) and therefore probably plays an important role in determining hatchling fitness in these species.”
MATERNAL NEST-SITE CHOICE AND OFFSPRING FITNESS IN A TROPICAL SNAKE (TROPIDONOPHIS MAIRII , COLUBRIDAE) (2004, background): “In particular, hatchling phenotypes are affected by the magnitude of diel variation in nest temperatures (Webb et al. 2001) and by the water potential of the incubation medium (Shine and Brown 2002).”
The righting response as a fitness index in freshwater turtles (2007, background): “Many previous studies have found a significant effect of incubation temperature of the eggs on locomotor performance in sauropsids (Burger, 1989; Shine & Harlow, 1997; Downes & Shine, 1999; Elphick & Shine, 1999; Brana & Ji, 2000; Freedberg et al., 2001; Webb et al., 2001; Du & Ji, 2003).”
Climate affects embryonic development in a viviparous snake (2004, background): “…during embryogenesis can also profoundly affect phenotypic traits of the offspring, such as body size, scalation, and locomotor performance (Shine and Harlow 1996, Shine et al. 1997, Downes and Shine 1999, Andrews and Mathies 2000, Flatt et al. 2001, Shine and Elphick 2001, Webb et al. 2001).”