Coelomic and muscular cross-sectional areas in three families of snakes

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-44

  Moon, Brad R ^a   Candy, Teresa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; ELAPIDAE; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0030917319     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565326     Document Type: Article

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