Is the venom related to diet and tail color during Bothrops moojeni ontogeny?

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-288

  Andrade, Denis V ^a   Abe, Augusto S ^a   Dos Santos, Maria C ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTHROPS MOOJENI; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030426552     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565528     Document Type: Article

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