Table 1. Association of geographical distributions between sinistral land snails and pareatid snakes.
Snail distribution |
No. of genera |
Proportion of sinistral genera (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Sinistral | Dextral | ||
Within the snake range | 19 | 142 | 11.8 |
Outside the snake range |
34 |
642 |
5.0 |
The order Stylommatophora excluding species unsuitable for analysis were used. In 33 genera, congeneric dextrals and sinistrals were counted as independent observations. Snail genera within the snake's range include those that are partly or fully sympatric with pareatid snakes.