Feeding ecology of the California mountain kingsnake, Lampropeltis zonata (Colubridae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2003, Pages 308-314

  Greene, Harry W ^a   Rodríguez Robles, Javier A ^b  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; SNAKE; STOMACH CONTENT;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; COLUBRIDAE; EUMECES; LAMPROPELTIS; LAMPROPELTIS ALTERNA; LAMPROPELTIS GETULA; LAMPROPELTIS PYROMELANA; LAMPROPELTIS ZONATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038461900     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0308:FEOTCM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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