Shedding aggregations of Crotalus viridis concolor

Herpetological Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 211-213

  Ashton, Kyle G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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CROTALUS VIRIDIS;

EID: 0033368927     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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