Fast growth and early maturation in a viviparous sit-and-wait predator, the northern death adder (Acanthophis praelongus), from tropical Australia

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 505-509

  Webb, Jonathan K ^a   Christian, Keith A ^a   Fisher, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOPHIS; ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS; ACANTHOPHIS PRAELONGUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036747979     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0505:FGAEMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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