Feeding, reproduction and growth in the crowned snake Tantilla melanocephala (Colubridae), from southeastern Brazil

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-318

  Marques, Otavio A V ^a   Puorto, Giuseppe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTIPEDE; CROWNED SNAKE; FEEDING; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

BRAZIL;

CHILOPODA; OTOSTIGMUS; TANTILLA MELANOCEPHALA;

EID: 0031737039     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853898X00214     Document Type: Article

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