Fever response in North American Snakes

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-139

  Burns, Gordon ^a   Ramos, Ana ^a   Muchlinski, Alan ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS SOBRIA; ARIZONA ELEGANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS; ELAPHE; LAMPROPELTIS GETULA; NERODIA SIPEDON; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0030431670     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565503     Document Type: Article

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