Ontogenetic Variation in Venom Composition and Diet of Crotalus oreganus concolor. A Case of Venom Paedomorphosis?

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2003, Pages 769-782

  Mackessy, Stephen P ^a   Williams, Kwame ^a   Ashton, Kyle G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIET; PAEDOMORPHOSIS; SNAKE;

AMPHIBIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS OREGANUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS OREGANUS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346735378     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/HA03-037.1     Document Type: Article

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