Movements and mating behavior of adult male midget faded rattlesnakes, Crotalus oreganus concolor, in Wyoming

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 190-194

  Ashton, Kyle G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SNAKE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

AMPHIBIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS OREGANUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS CONCOLOR; CROTALUS VIRIDIS OREGANUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0037467011     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0190:MAMBOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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