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Animalia >Chordata >Reptilia >Squamata >Colubridae >Dinodon >

In one of Kerama Islands, the snake Dinodon semicarinatus was found to show a ritual display called a combat dance during contests over their food, sea turtle young. Snakes have been known to exhibit a ritual dance during contests over mates. This is the first report of ritual dancing in a context of fights over food resources. The ritual dancing may have evolved in conjunction with a spatially and temporally cramped distribution of their food resources, sea turtle young. (translated by Asoh)

(Data No.momo031023ds01b)

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