Alan H. Savitzky, Ph.D. - Publications

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Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, United States 

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2023 Yang SJ, Savitzky AH, Gower DJ, Deepak V, Mori A, Khot R, Shi JS, Ding L, Hou M, Xu HY, Wang Q, Zhu GX. Identity of the holotype and type locality of (Wall, 1923) (Colubridae: Natricinae), with notes on the morphology and natural history of the species in southwestern China. Ecology and Evolution. 13: e10032. PMID 37153019 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10032  0.327
2020 Yoshida T, Ujiie R, Savitzky AH, Jono T, Inoue T, Yoshinaga N, Aburaya S, Aoki W, Takeuchi H, Ding L, Chen Q, Cao C, Tsai TS, Silva A, Mahaulpatha D, et al. Dramatic dietary shift maintains sequestered toxins in chemically defended snakes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 32094167 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1919065117  0.437
2020 Zhu G, Yang S, Savitzky AH, Zhang L, Cheng Y, Wang J. The Nucho-dorsal Glands of Rhabdophis guangdongensis (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae), with Notes on Morphological Variation and Phylogeny Based on Additional Specimens Current Herpetology. 39: 108-119. DOI: 10.5358/Hsj.39.108  0.444
2019 Petersen CE, Goetz SM, Dreslik MJ, Kleopfer JD, Savitzky AH. Sex, Mass, and Monitoring Effort: Keys to Understanding Spatial Ecology of Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) Herpetologica. 75: 162-174. DOI: 10.1655/D-18-00035  0.363
2018 Takeuchi H, Savitzky AH, Ding L, de Silva A, Das I, Nguyen TT, Tsai TS, Jono T, Zhu GX, Mahaulpatha D, Tang Y, Mori A. Evolution of nuchal glands, unusual defensive organs of Asian natricine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae), inferred from a molecular phylogeny. Ecology and Evolution. 8: 10219-10232. PMID 30397460 DOI: 10.1002/Ece3.4497  0.428
2017 Mohammadi S, French SS, Neuman-Lee LA, Durham SL, Kojima Y, Mori A, Brodie ED, Savitzky AH. Corticosteroid responses of snakes to toxins from toads (bufadienolides) and plants (cardenolides) reflect differences in dietary specializations. General and Comparative Endocrinology. PMID 28347742 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ygcen.2017.03.015  0.36
2016 Mohammadi S, Gompert Z, Gonzalez J, Takeuchi H, Mori A, Savitzky AH. Toxin-resistant isoforms of Na+/K+-ATPase in snakes do not closely track dietary specialization on toads. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 283. PMID 27852804 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2016.2111  0.3
2016 Goetz SM, Petersen CE, Rose RK, Kleopfer JD, Savitzky AH. Diet and Foraging Behaviors of Timber Rattlesnakes, Crotalus Horridus , in Eastern Virginia Journal of Herpetology. 50: 520-526. DOI: 10.1670/15-086  0.347
2014 Bushar LM, Aborde CCB, Gao S, Gonzalez MV, Hoffman JA, Massaro IK, Savitzky AH, Reinert HK. Genetic structure of timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) populations: Physiographic influences and conservation implications Copeia. 2014: 694-706. DOI: 10.1643/Ce-14-047  0.323
2013 Hutchinson DA, Savitzky AH, Burghardt GM, Nguyen C, Meinwald J, Schroeder FC, Mori A. Chemical defense of an Asian snake reflects local availability of toxic prey and hatchling diet. Journal of Zoology (London, England : 1987). 289: 270-278. PMID 23853424 DOI: 10.1111/Jzo.12004  0.706
2013 Mohammadi S, Mccoy KA, Hutchinson DA, Gauthier DT, Savitzky AH. Independently evolved toad-eating snakes exhibit sexually dimorphic enlargement of adrenal glands Journal of Zoology. 290: 237-245. DOI: 10.1111/Jzo.12038  0.674
2012 Savitzky AH, Mori A, Hutchinson DA, Saporito RA, Burghardt GM, Lillywhite HB, Meinwald J. Sequestered defensive toxins in tetrapod vertebrates: principles, patterns, and prospects for future studies. Chemoecology. 22: 141-158. PMID 22904605 DOI: 10.1007/S00049-012-0112-Z  0.693
2012 Ray JM, Montgomery CE, Mahon HK, Savitzky AH, Lips KR. Goo-eaters: Diets of the neotropical snakes Dipsas and Sibon in central panama Copeia. 197-202. DOI: 10.1643/Ch-10-100  0.36
2012 Savitzky AH, Saporito RA. Sequestration of defensive toxins by tetrapod vertebrates: Contributions in memory of John W. Daly Chemoecology. 22: 139-140. DOI: 10.1007/S00049-012-0111-0  0.334
2012 Mori A, Burghardt GM, Savitzky AH, Roberts KA, Hutchinson DA, Goris RC. Nuchal glands: A novel defensive system in snakes Chemoecology. 22: 187-198. DOI: 10.1007/S00049-011-0086-2  0.68
2012 Hutchinson DA, Savitzky AH, Mori A, Burghardt GM, Meinwald J, Schroeder FC. Chemical investigations of defensive steroid sequestration by the Asian snake Rhabdophis tigrinus Chemoecology. 22: 199-206. DOI: 10.1007/S00049-011-0078-2  0.67
2008 Hutchinson DA, Savitzky AH, Mori A, Meinwald J, Schroeder FC. Maternal provisioning of sequestered defensive steroids by the Asian snake Rhabdophis tigrinus Chemoecology. 18: 181-190. DOI: 10.1007/S00049-008-0404-5  0.669
2007 Hutchinson DA, Mori A, Savitzky AH, Burghardt GM, Wu X, Meinwald J, Schroeder FC. Dietary sequestration of defensive steroids in nuchal glands of the Asian snake Rhabdophis tigrinus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104: 2265-70. PMID 17284596 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0610785104  0.701
2006 Allsteadt J, Savitzky AH, Petersen CE, Naik DN. Geographic variation in the morphology of Crotalus horridus (Serpentes: Viperidae) Herpetological Monographs. 1-63. DOI: 10.1655/0733-1347(2007)20[1:Gvitmo]2.0.Co;2  0.531
2005 Rivera G, Savitzky AH, Hinkley JA. Mechanical properties of the integument of the common gartersnake, Thamnophis sirtalis (Serpentes: Colubridae). The Journal of Experimental Biology. 208: 2913-22. PMID 16043596 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.01715  0.591
2004 Hutchinson DA, Savitzky AH. Vasculature of the parotoid glands of four species of toads (bufonidae: bufo). Journal of Morphology. 260: 247-54. PMID 15108163 DOI: 10.1002/Jmor.10219  0.652
2003 Clark AM, Moler PE, Possardt EE, Savitzky AH, Brown WS, Bowen BW. Phylogeography of the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) based on mtDNA sequences Journal of Herpetology. 37: 145-154. DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0145:Pottrc]2.0.Co;2  0.402
1999 Jackson K, Underwood G, Arnold EN, Savitzky AH. Hinged teeth in the enigmatic colubrid, Iguanognathus werneri Copeia. 815-818. DOI: 10.2307/1447621  0.377
1998 Velhagen WA, Savitzky AH. Evolution of embryonic growth in thamnophiine snakes Copeia. 549-558. DOI: 10.2307/1447785  0.322
1983 Savitzky AH. Coadapted character complexes among snakes: Fossoriality, piscivory, and durophagy Integrative and Comparative Biology. 23: 397-409. DOI: 10.1093/Icb/23.2.397  0.373
1981 Savitzky AH. Hinged teeth in snakes: an adaptation for swallowing hard-bodied prey. Science (New York, N.Y.). 212: 346-9. PMID 17792091 DOI: 10.1126/Science.212.4492.346  0.302
1980 Savitzky AH. THE ROLE OF VENOM DELIVERY STRATEGIES IN SNAKE EVOLUTION. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 34: 1194-1204. PMID 28568463 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1980.Tb04065.X  0.307
1974 Smith HM, Savitzky AH. Another Cryptic Associate of the Lizard Sceloporus formosus in Guerrero, Mexico Journal of Herpetology. 4: 297-303. DOI: 10.2307/1562898  0.325
1973 Commins ML, Savitzky AH. Field Observations on a Population of the Sand Lizard Uma Exsul Journal of Herpetology. 1: 51-53. DOI: 10.2307/1562832  0.353
1971 Savitzky AH, Collins JT. The Ground Snake Sonora Episcopa Episcopa in Coahuila, Mexico Journal of Herpetology. 2: 87-88. DOI: 10.2307/1562862  0.317
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