Post-ovipositional development of the monocled cobra, Naja kaouthia (Serpentes: Elapidae)

Zoology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 203-214

  Jackson, Kate ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Elapidae; Embryology; Morphology; Naja; Serpentes; Staging

Indexed keywords

ELAPIDAE; NAJA; NAJA KAOUTHIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037001383     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00077     Document Type: Article

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