Headfirst ingestion of prey by rattlesnakes: Are tactile cues used?

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 500-502

  Ashton, Kyle G ^a  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036748004     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0500:HIOPBR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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