Tail loss, body condition and swimming performances in tiger snakes, Notechis ater occidentalis

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 303, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 894-903

  Aubret, Fabien ^a,b,c   Bonnet, Xavier ^a,c   Maumelat, Stéphanie ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; SWIMMING; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; MALE; SNAKES; SWIMMING; TAIL;

NOTECHIS ATER; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 27844533065     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.218     Document Type: Article

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