The link between mating season and male reproductive anatomy in the rattlesnakes Crotalus viridis oreganus and Crotalus viridis helleri

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 295-300

  Aldridge, Robert D ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS HELLERI; CROTALUS VIRIDIS OREGANUS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036287573     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0295:TLBMSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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