Phylogeography of the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) based on mtDNA sequences

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-154

  Clark, A M ^a   Moler, P E ^b   Possardt, E E ^c   Savitzky, A H ^d   Brown, W S ^e,f   Bowen, B W ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CROTALUS HORRIDUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037360497     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0145:POTTRC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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