On the absence of taste buds in monitor lizards (Varanus) and snakes

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 130-137

  Young, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VARANUS;

EID: 0030955634     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565343     Document Type: Article

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