Comparative morphology of the cloacal scent gland in snakes (Serpentes: Reptilia)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-138

  Young, Bruce A ^a   Marsit, Carmen ^a   Meltzer, Karen ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal gland; Cloacal scent gland; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLOACA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCENT GLAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; MALE; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; PHYLOGENY; SCENT GLANDS; SNAKES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTER; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033214933     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19991001)256:2<127::AID-AR3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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