Precision and Accuracy of Body-Size Measurements in a Constricting, Large-Bodied Snake (Elaphe obsoleta)

Herpetological Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-323

  Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELAPHE; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0038297963     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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