A quantitative analysis of the ancestral area of rattlesnakes

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 152-156

  Place, Aaron J ^a   Abramson, Charles I ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; QUERCUS; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS;

EID: 2142675557     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/103-03N     Document Type: Article

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