Female reproduction in the western diamond-backed rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox (Serpentes: Viperidae), from Arizona

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 347-356

  Rosen, Philip C ^a,b   Goldberg, Stephen R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS ATROX; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0036874277     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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