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Peer-Reviewed Publications (*Denotes Undergraduate Student   **Denotes Graduate Student)

15. In Prep: Penning, D. A., & *Burns, A. Is their always a need for speed? Can snakes modulate their strike performance?

14. In Prep: Penning, D. A., & *Self, Z. 
Hungry for more: testing the effect of prey frequency on predation performance in                                    kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula).

13.   In Prep: Penning, D. A., & Moon, B. R. Identifying the mechanisms of predation: in vitro measurements of force and                                        endurance from the expaxial muscles of kingsnakes (Lampropeltis holbrooki) and ratsnakes (Pantherophis                                      obsoletus).         

12.   Submitted: Penning, D. A., **Sawvel, B., & Moon, B. R. The scaling of terrestrial strike performance in western ratsnakes                                   (Pantherophis obsoletus). Journal of Experimental Zoology

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11. Moon, B.R., Penning, D.A., Segall, M., & Herrel, A. (2019). Feeding in snakes: form, function, and evolution of the feeding                system. In: Feeding in Vertebrates: Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Evolution (ed. V. Bels & I.Q. Wishaw). Springer Publishing.


10.   Penning, D. A. (2018). Quantitative axial myology in two constricting snakes: Lampropeltis holbrooki and Pantherophis                  obsoletus. Journal of Anatomy 232: 1016-1024

9.     Penning, D. A., & Moon, B. R. (2017). The king of snakes: morphology and performance of intraguild predators                                  (Lampropeltis) and their prey (Pantherophis). Journal of Experimental Biology 220: 1154-1161


8.     Penning, D. A. (2017). The gluttonous king: The effects of meal size and repeated feeding on constriction                                            performance in kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula). Journal of Zoology 302: 119-125

7.     Penning, D. A. (2016: in press). The scaling of bite force and constriction performance in kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula):
        proximate determinants and correlated performance. Integrative Zoology 12: 121-131


6.     Penning, D. A., *Sawvel, B., and Moon, B. R. (2016). Debunking the viper's strike: harmless snakes kill a common                               assumption. Biology Letters. 2016011    

5.      Penning, D. A., and Dartez, S. F. (2016). Size, but not experience, affects the ontogeny of constriction performance in ball
         pythons (Python regius). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A 325: 194-199


4.     Penning, D. A., Dartez, S. F., and Moon, B. R. (2015). The big squeeze: scaling of constriction pressure in two of the world's
        largest snakes, Python reticulatus and P. molurus bivittatus. Journal of Experimental Biology 218(21): 2264-3367


3.     Penning, D. A., and Cairns, S. (2015: In Press). Prey-handling behavior of naive Pantherophis guttatus. Journal of
        Herpetology
50: 196-202


2.     Penning, D. A., *Gann, E., *Thomas, W., *Carlson, T., Mittelhauser, J., Bilbrey, L., and Cairns. S. (2013). An evaluation of
        techniques for measurements of snake length. Journal of Kansas Herpetology (Collinsorum) 2(1/2): 20-24 [PDF]


1.     Penning, D. A., and Cairns, S. (2012). Growth rates of neonate red cornsnakes, Pantherophis guttatus (Colubridae), when
        fed in mutually exclusive mass-ratio feeding categories. Herpetological Review 43(4): 605-607. [
PDF]


Popular Publications
2.     Penning, D. A. 2012. Burmese Mountain Tortoises. REPTILES USA: 2013:28–35.
             Website link: 
www.reptilesmagazine.com/Turtles-Tortoises/Turtle-Care/Burmese-Mountain-Tortoise-Care/

1.     Penning, D.A. 2009. Go Long: How to Breed the Elongated Tortoise. REPTILES Magazine. July: 20–23.


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