Natural history of a northern population of twin-spotted rattlesnakes, Crotalus pricei

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 598-607

  Prival, David B ^a   Goode, Matthew J ^a   Swann, Don E ^a   Schwalbe, Cecil R ^a   Schroff, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CROTALUS; CROTALUS PRICEI; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036945939     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0598:NHOANP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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