Fig. 20 in Systematics of Snakes Referred to Dipsas variegata in Panama and Western South America, with Revalidation of Two Species and Notes on Defensive Behaviors in the Dipsadini (Colubridae)

Fig. 20. Initial stages in the defensive coiling of Dipsas nicholsi (KU 110313). Top: Beginning formation of an anterior coil (stage 1). Bottom: Anterior coil complete, posterior coil initiated (stage 2). See text for behavioral sequence in which stage 2 above is replaced by abrupt whipping motions while retaining the forward coil. See figure 21 for stage 3, in which the snake has gathered itself into a single coil.