Diel activity patterns in a captive colony of rinkhals, hemachatus haemachatus

African Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-32

  Alexander, Graham J ^a   Marshall, Catherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Elapid; Endogenous rhythm; Hemachatus haemachatus; Photoperiod; Snake; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038425616     PISSN: 21564574     EISSN: 21533660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21564574.1998.9649997     Document Type: Article

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