Tests of two hypotheses for the origin of the crotaline rattle

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1997, Pages 485-495

  Sisk, Norman R ^a   Jackson, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

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SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030834319     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447554     Document Type: Article

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