Skin resistance to water loss in colubrid snakes: Ecological and taxonomical correlations

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-139

  Lahav, Sigal ^a   Dmi'el, Razi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cutaneous evaporation; Habitat aridity; Skin resistance; Snakes

Indexed keywords

COLUBER; COLUBER RUBRICEPS; COLUBRIDAE; DIADEMA; NATRIX; NATRIX TESSELLATA; NERODIA; PSAMMOPHIS; PSAMMOPHIS SCHOKARI; SERPENTES; SPALEROSOPHIS; SPALEROSOPHIS DIADEMA;

ARIDITY; CLIMATE;

EID: 0030447649     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682323     Document Type: Article

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