Reproduction in the western cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma, in a floodplain forest

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-471

  Ford, Neil B ^a   Brischoux, François ^b   Lancaster, Debra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^c Whatcom Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS LEUCOSTOMA; LEUCOSTOMA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12344251857     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0465:RITWCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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