The mating system of yellow-lipped sea kraits (Laticauda colubrina: Laticaudidae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 170-180

  Shetty, Sohan ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Courtship; Fiji; Mating; Reproduction; Reptile; Sea snake; Snake

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SNAKE;

FIJI;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; COLUBRINA; HYDROPHIINAE; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA COLUBRINA; LATICAUDIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036101579     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0170:TMSOYS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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