Thermoregulation in a nocturnal, tropical, arboreal snake

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-90

  Anderson, Nancy L ^a,d   Hetherington, Thomas E ^e   Coupe, Brad ^a,b   Perry, Gad ^a,c   Williams, Joseph B ^a   Lehman, Jeff ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Castleton State College   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lindsay Wildlife Museum   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOIGA IRREGULARIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 16244367474     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2005)039[0082:TIANTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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