Scale sensillae of the file snake (Serpentes: acrochordidae) and some other aquatic and burrowing snakes

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-456

  Povel, David ^a   Van Der Kooij, Jeroen ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acrochordus; Aquatic snake; Mechanoreceptor; Scale sensillae

Indexed keywords

ACROCHORDIDAE; ACROCHORDUS; ACROCHORDUS GRANULATUS; ACROCHORDUS JAVANICUS; ANIMALIA; CYLINDROPHIS; LAPEMIS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; XENOPELTIS UNICOLOR;

EID: 0013352710     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854297x00111     Document Type: Article

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