Comparisons between toxic effects of tetrodotoxin administered orally and by intraperitoneal injection to the garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 112-115

  Williams, Becky L ^a   Brodie Jr , Edmund D ^a   Brodie III, Edmund D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0036203497     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0112:CBTEOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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