Morphological and ecological convergence in two natricine snakes

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-371

  Hibbitts, Toby J ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Lee A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Binocular vision field; Convergent evolution; Hydrodynamic drag; Nerodia; Thamnophis; Whole organism performance

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; EVOLUTION; SNAKE;

NERODIA; NERODIA HARTERI; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS RUFIPUNCTATUS;

EID: 22044451999     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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