Dentitional surface features in snakes (reptilia: serpentes)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-276

  Young, Bruce A ^a   Kardong, Kenneth V ^b  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0001338787     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853896X00432     Document Type: Article

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