Thermoregulation by a nocturnal elapid snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides) in Southeastern Australia

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 680-692

  Webb, Jonathan K ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

HOPLOCEPHALUS BUNGAROIDES;

EID: 0032215846     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515979     Document Type: Article

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