Effects of seasonally varying hydric conditions on hatchling phenotypes of keelback snakes (Tropidonophis mairii, Colubridae) from the Australian wet-dry tropics

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 339-347

  Shine, R ^a   Brown, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embryo; Hatchling; Incubation; Natricine; Nesting; Reptile; Water potential

Indexed keywords

INCUBATION; PHENOTYPE; SNAKE; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; TROPIDONOPHIS MAIRII;

EID: 0036656615     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.d01-3.x     Document Type: Article

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