The transvestite serpent: Why do male garter snakes court (some) other males?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 349-359

  Shine, R ^a   Harlow, P ^a   LeMaster, M P ^b   Moore, I T ^b   Mason, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIPID; MALE BEHAVIOR; SNAKE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

EID: 0033844657     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1321     Document Type: Article

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