Reproductive biology of the false coral snake Oxyrhopus guibei (Colubridae) from southeastern Brazil

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 495-504

  Pizzatto, Lígia ^a   Marques, Otavio A V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; DISSECTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SNAKE;

BRAZIL;

AMPHIBIA; ANILIIDAE; ANTHOZOA; COLUBRIDAE; MICRURUS; OXYRHOPUS GUIBEI; REPTILIA; RICORDIA FLORIDA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0037004231     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685380260462392     Document Type: Article

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