Study of the spatial organization of the gas exchange components of a snake lung - the sandboa Eryx colubrinus (Reptilia: Ophidia: Colubridae) - by latex casting

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 247, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-90

  Maina, J N ^a   Veltcamp, C J ^b   Henry, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eryx colubrinus; Gas exchange; Latex casting; Lung; Sandboa

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRONCHUS; COLUBRIDAE; ERYX COLUBRINUS; GALLIFORMES; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033477485     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999001089     Document Type: Article

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