Post-cranial prey transport mechanisms in the black pinesnake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi: An x-ray videographic study

Zoology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-164

  Kley, Nathan J ^a   Brainerd, Elizabeth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding; Functional morphology; Prey transport; Snakes; X ray videography

Indexed keywords

ALETHINOPHIDIA; COLUBRIDAE; PITUOPHIS; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS LODINGI; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036991781     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00056     Document Type: Article

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