Relationship of venom ontogeny and diet in Bothrops

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 200-204

  Andrade, Denis V ^a   Abe, Augusto S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops; Electrophoresis; Venom ontogeny; Venom specificity; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

DIET; ONTOGENY; SNAKE; TOXICITY TEST;

BOTHROPS ALTERNATUS; BOTHROPS JARARACA;

EID: 0032863655     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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