Evolution of the mating season in the pitvipers of North America

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1-25

  Aldridge, Robert D ^a   Duvall, David ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agkistrodon; Crotalus; Denning; Estrus; Male male combat; Mating season; Reproductive cycles; Sistrurus

Indexed keywords

AGKISTRODON; CROTALUS; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS;

EID: 0036038032     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1655/0733-1347(2002)016[0001:eotmsi]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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