Reproductive biology of male eastern garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) from a denning population in central Wisconsin

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 376-386

  Clesson, Dawn ^a   Bautista, Alma ^a   Baleckaitis, Daniel D ^a   Krohmer, Randolph W ^a  

^a SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SNAKE;

NEW LONDON; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS SIRTALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036244486     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)147[0376:RBOMEG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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