Reproductive female Common Watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon sipedon) are not anorexic in the wild

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 416-419

  Aldridge, Robert D ^a   Bufalino, Angelo P ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERODIA; NERODIA SIPEDON; NERODIA SIPEDON SIPEDON; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038011252     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0416:RFCWNS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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