Thermal biology and activity patterns of the eastern brownsnake (Pseudonaja textilis): A radiotelemetric study

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 436-452

  Whitaker, P B ^a   Shine, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity schedules; Microhabitat selection; Reptile; Thermal preferenda; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; RADIOTELEMETRY; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

AMPHIBIA; PSEUDONAJA TEXTILIS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036883578     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0436:TBAAPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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