Observations on neonatal aggregations and associated behaviors in the prairie rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis viridis

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 181-184

  Holycross, Andrew T ^a   Fawcett, James D ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; BEHAVIOR; PRAIRIE; SNAKE;

NEBRASKA; SAND HILLS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROTALUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS VIRIDIS; CYNOMYS; PEROGNATHUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036659286     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0181:OONAAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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