The Hemipenes of Some Snakes of the Semifossorial Genus Atractus, with Comments on Variation in the Genus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 718-721

  Schargel, Walter E ^a   Castoe, Todd A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRACTUS; ATRACTUS UNIVITTATUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0347063706     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/7-02N     Document Type: Article

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