Proximate Cues for Ovarian Recrudescence and Ovulation in the Brown Treesnake (Boiga irregularis) under Laboratory Conditions

Herpetological Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-49

  Mathies, Tom ^a,b   Franklin, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Miller, Lowell A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOIGA; BOIGA IRREGULARIS;

EID: 1442291139     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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