Variation in brown snake (Storeria dekayi) morphology and scalation: Sex, family, and microgeographic differences

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-346

  King, Richard B ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; STORERIA DEKAYI;

EID: 0030930883     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565661     Document Type: Article

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