Reproductive biology of the southern Brazilian pitviper Bothrops neuwiedi pubescens (Serpentes, Viperidae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-85

  Hartmann, Marília T ^a   Marques, Otavio A V ^b   Almeida Santos, Selma M ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SNAKE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS NEUWIEDI; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 2542480883     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853804322992850     Document Type: Article

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