Defensive behavior of free-ranging pygmy rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2005, Pages 196-200

  Glaudas, Xavier ^a,c   Farrell, Terence M ^b   May, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b STETSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; SNAKE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CROTALUS; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS MILIARIUS;

EID: 14544273832     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CH-03-253R1     Document Type: Article

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