Reproductive ecology of a tropical natricine snake, Tropidonophis mairii (Colubridae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-72

  Brown, Gregory P ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecology; Natricine; Reproduction; Snake; Tropics; Tropidonophis mairii

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; EGG SIZE; MULTIPLE BROODING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SNAKE;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036732404     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902001218     Document Type: Article

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