Snake toxins and venoms: An evolutionary perspective

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-46

  Kardong, Kenneth V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duvernoy's systems; Oral secretions of snakes; Venom systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002714421     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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