Ontogenetic changes in the resistance of bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) to the venom of copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix) and cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1999, Pages 808-814

  Heatwole, Harold ^a   Poran, Naomie ^a   King, Peter ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; ONTOGENY; SNAKE; SURVIVAL;

AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0033517014     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447620     Document Type: Article

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