Effect of sloughing and digestion on metabolic rate in the Australian carpet python, Morelia spilota imbricata

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 605-610

  Thompson, Graham G ^a   Withers, Philip C ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; METABOLISM; MOLT; SNAKE;

MORELIA SPILOTA;

EID: 0033385886     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO99012     Document Type: Article

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