Adaptations and significance of the cranial feeding apparatus of the sunbeam snake (Xenopeltis unicolor): Part I. Anatomy of the skull

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-43

  Frazzetta, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alethinophidia; Henophidia; Ophidia; Osteology; Primitive snakes; Serpentes; Skull; Sunbeam snake; Xenopeltidae; Xenopeltis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032918470     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199901)239:1<27::AID-JMOR2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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