Does the saccular lung affect the cantilever ability of snakes?

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-57

  Lin, Yu Chung ^a   Hwang, Ji Chuu ^a   Tu, Ming Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dinodon; Saccular lung; Snake; Span

Indexed keywords

SNAKE;

DINODON; SERPENTES;

EID: 0037373819     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0052:DTSLAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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