Diet divergence, jaw size and scale counts in two neighbouring populations of tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-17

  Fabien, Aubret ^a,b   Bonnet, Xavier ^a,b   Maumelat, Stéphanie ^b   Bradshaw, Don ^b   Schwaner, Terry ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DIET; DIVERGENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SNAKE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; GALLUS GALLUS; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 2542469756     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853804322992797     Document Type: Article

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