Reproduction in the blacktail rattlesnake, Crotalus molossus (Serpentes: Viperidae)

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-328

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CROTALUS MOLOSSUS;

EID: 0033499701     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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