Taste buds in the palatal mucosa of snakes

African Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-188

  Berkhoud, Herman ^a   Wilson, Perrin ^b   Young, Bruce ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Crotalus; Gustatory organs; Oral cavity; Scolecophidia; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0039888488     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2001.11657136     Document Type: Article

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