What does caudocephalic mean?
Caudocephalic means Going from the tail to the head..
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Going from the tail to the head..
Cloacal gaping as a female response to males is also known in several snake species, where males perform caudocephalic waving (i.e. muscular contractions from cloaca to head) towards females [42 ,43 ], and the female responds by lifting her tail and gaping her cloaca [44 ,45 ].
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Caudocephalic means Going from the tail to the head..
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Cloacal gaping as a female response to males is also known in several snake species, where males perform caudocephalic waving (i.e. muscular contractions from cloaca to head) towards females [42 ,43 ], and the female responds by lifting her tail and gaping her cloaca [44 ,45 ].
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