Seasonal activity of the Florida kingsnake Lampropeltis getula floridana (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Southern Florida

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 102-114

  Krysko, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; COLUBRIDAE; LAMPROPELTIS; LAMPROPELTIS GETULA; LAMPROPELTIS GETULA FLORIDANA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036659313     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2002)148[0102:SAOTFK]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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