Coral snake mimicry: Live snakes not avoided by a mammalian predator

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-463

  Beckers, Gabriel J L ^a   Leenders, Twan A A M ^a   Strijbosch, Henk ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Coloration; Coral snakes; Micrurus; Mimicry

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; MAMMALIA; MICRURUS; NASUA; NASUA NARICA; SERPENTES; ELAPIDAE;

COATI; CORAL SNAKE; MIMICRY; WARNING COLORATION;

EID: 0029661713     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00329702     Document Type: Article

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