The evolution of venom-delivery systems in snakes

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-354

  Jackson, Kate ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colubroidea; Fangs; Glands; Morphology; Muscles; Serpentes; Systematics

Indexed keywords

COLUBROIDEA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0037348052     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00052.x     Document Type: Article

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