A comparative study of the development of prey handling behavior in young rat snakes, Elaphe quadrivirgata and E. climacophora

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-322

  Mori, Akira ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Constriction; Elaphe; Feeding behavior; Generalist predator; Ontogeny; Specialist predator

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; GENERALIST PREDATOR; PREDATOR; PREY HANDLING; RAT SNAKE; SPECIALIZATION;

ELAPHE CLIMACOPHORA; ELAPHE QUADRIVIRGATA;

EID: 0030433520     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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