Avoidance of fire by Louisiana pine snakes, Pituophis melanoleucus ruthveni

Herpetological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 146-148

  Craig Rudolph, D ^a,b,c   Burgdorf, S J ^a   Tull, John C ^a   Ealy, Marc ^a   Conner, Richard N ^a   Schaefer, Richard R ^a   Fleet, Robert R ^a  

^a Southern Research Station   (United States)

^b Department of Human Services   (United States)

^c STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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