Striking patterns in booid snakes

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1999, Pages 868-883

  Cundall, David ^a   Deufel, Alexandra ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREY CAPTURE; SNAKE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

HENOPHIDIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033579530     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447963     Document Type: Article

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