Diet of the timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 494-499

  Clark, Rulon W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; CROTALUS HORRIDUS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036748003     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0494:DOTTRC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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