Do cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorus) habituate to human confrontations?

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-138

  Glaudas, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; COLUBRIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 14544276713     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0129:DCAPHT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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